The WLR Daily case summaries
[2022] WLR(D) 28
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (AXG) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2022] EWHC 56 (Admin)
2021 Oct 05; 2022 Jan 14
Steyn J
Immigration— Asylum— Asylum support benefit— Claimant asylum seeker and her daughter housed in full board hotel accommodation during Covid-19 pandemic— Secretary of State deciding to make backdated payments for essential living needs but not including sum for non-prescription medication— Whether decision unlawful as failing to meet an essential living need— Whether imposition of longstop date for backdated payments unlawful—
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33), s 95
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Asylum Support Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/704), reg 10