(1) In addition to the cash support which the Secretary of State may be expected to provide weekly as described in regulation 10(2), in the case of any pregnant woman or child aged under 4 for whom the Secretary of State has decided asylum support should be provided, there shall, as a general rule, be added to the cash support for any week the amount shown in the second column of the following table opposite the entry in the first column which for the time being describes that person.

Pregnant woman	£5.25
Child aged under 1	£9.50
Child aged at least 1 and under 4	£5.25

(2) In this regulation, “pregnant woman” means a woman who has provided evidence to satisfy the Secretary of State that she is pregnant.

Additional single payments in respect of essential living needs

Income and assets to be taken into account in providing support

Accommodation

Services

Recovery of asylum support

17A

(1) The Secretary of State may require a supported person to refund asylum support if it transpires that at any time during which asylum support was being provided for him he was not destitute.

(2) If a supported person has dependants, the Secretary of State may require him to refund asylum support if it transpires that at any time during which asylum support was being provided for the supported person and his dependants they were not destitute.

(3) The refund required shall not exceed the monetary value of all the asylum support provided to the supported person or to the supported person and his dependants for the relevant period.

(4) In this regulation the relevant period is the time during which asylum support was provided for the supported person or the supported person and his dependants and during which he or they were not destitute.

(5) If not paid within a reasonable period, the refund required may be recovered from the supported person as if it were a debt due to the Secretary of State.

Overpayments: method of recovery

Temporary Support

20A

Regulations 19 and 20 shall apply to a person or his dependant who is provided with temporary support under section 98 of the Act in the same way as they apply to a person and his dependant who is in receipt of asylum support and any reference to asylum support in regulations 19 and 20 shall include a reference to temporary support under section 98.

Effect of previous suspension or discontinuation

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