The Claimant is a potential victim of modern slavery and an asylum seeker. During the Covid-19 pandemic he was in full board hotel accommodation. The issue to be determined is whether, on a proper reading of the Defendant’s policy on financial support to persons such as the Claimant, he was entitled to a total payment of pounds 65 per week inclusive of any financial support to which he was entitled as an asylum seeker. The Defendant maintains that he was not entitled to that sum, but to a lesser amount.
Peter Marquand,
(Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)
[2021] EWHC 3417 (Admin)
Bailii
England and Wales
Benefits
Updated: 04 January 2022; Ref: scu.670507