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Asylum Seekers

Volume 458: debated on Wednesday 28 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how much was paid (a) gross and (b) net of asylum support in backdated payments of income-related benefits to those granted refugee status in each year since 2000; (129946)

(2) how many asylum seekers have received backdated payments of income-related benefits since 2000.

The information is not collected centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.