Provisions for persons with special needs
4.—(1) This regulation applies to an asylum seeker or the family member of an asylum seeker who is a vulnerable person.
(2) When the Secretary of State is providing support or considering whether to provide support under section 95 or 98 of the 1999 Act to an asylum seeker or his family member who is a vulnerable person, he shall take into account the special needs of that asylum seeker or his family member.
(3) A vulnerable person is—
(a)a minor;
(b)a disabled person;
(c)an elderly person;
(d)a pregnant woman;
(e)a lone parent with a minor child; or
(f)a person who has been subjected to torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence;
who has had an individual evaluation of his situation that confirms he has special needs.
(4) Nothing in this regulation obliges the Secretary of State to carry out or arrange for the carrying out of an individual evaluation of a vulnerable person’s situation to determine whether he has special needs.