Asylum support increase following recent High Court judgment

I have attached the letter issued by Robert Jenrick which confirms the arrangement which takes effect from 21 December.  This letter was circulated by the Asylum Support Advice Network as follows

“Increase in asylum support rates
Following on from Marie-Anne’s email to ASAN of 21 Dec -  please see attached for the official communication from Robert Jenrick, Minister for Immigration, about the asylum support rate rise.  This letter can be shared.”

Brilliant, cheers Scott ...

So I wonder if this bit in the letter means that it hasn’t been legislated for yet?

‘This increase will take effect as soon as possible in the new year and will be backdated to Wednesday, 21 December 2022.’

Don’t think we ever got any regs ... and nothing here on this search:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/primary+secondary?title=Asylum%20support

Anyone got any further insight?

First regulations (SI.No.1372/2023) since the High Court Judgment increases asylum support rates to £49.18 from 15 January 2024.

The explanatory memorandum confirms that the increase of the rate to £45 in line with the High Court’s ruling was implemented without regulations, as was a subsequent increase in July 2023 -

Home Office Ministers made the interim policy decision to uplift the level of the asylum support allowances from £40.85 per person per week to £45.00 per person per week in December 2022, and then from £45.00 per person per week to £47.39 per person per week in July 2023, pending the outcome of the 2023 review.  Destitute asylum seekers and their dependents in self-catered accommodation have therefore been receiving £47.39 per person per week since the 17 July 2023, and before that £45.00 per person per week from 21 December 2022. The 2023 review has now been concluded, with the result that the level of the allowance should be set at £49.18. The statutory instrument will confirm this position.

Yay* ... cheers Stuart

(* though not in response to the meagre increase)

Um, not sure what’s happened here?

Tens of thousands of asylum seekers forced to live in hotels in the UK while their claims are being processed will have their allowance cut to just £1.25 a day, the government has said.

The change was disclosed in a form of legislation called a statutory instrument, which was quietly released by the Home Office last week.

Asylum seekers housed in UK hotels to have allowance cut to £1.25 a day