Part VISupport for Asylum-Seekers

Provision of support

98Temporary support

1

The Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, support for—

a

asylum-seekers, or

b

dependants of asylum-seekers,

who it appears to the Secretary of State may be destitute.

2

Support may be provided under this section only until the Secretary of State is able to determine whether support may be provided under section 95.

3

Subsections (2) to (11) of section 95 apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.