NASS PHASED ROLL-OUT

15 - NASS PHASED ROLL-OUT

1.1 This bulletin is intended as general guidance to help caseworkers identify who is eligible to apply for NASS support under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

1.2 Under the phased introduction of the new scheme NASS currently consider support applications from:

Asylum seekers who applied for asylum on arrival on or after 3 April 2000

In-country asylum seekers living in Northern Ireland and Scotland who applied for asylum on or after 3 April 2000

Released Oakington detainees who applied for asylum on or after 3 April 2000

In-country asylum seekers living in Kent or Medway who applied for asylum on or after 17 April 2000.

Port asylum seekers living in Kent or Medway who are served with a refusal notice on or after 17 April 2000

In-country asylum seekers living in London who applied for asylum on or after 24 July 2000

In-country asylum seekers who applied for asylum on or after 31 July 2000 and live in the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside, and Wales

1.3 Any cases of doubt can be referred to the Policy and Process Unit via line management, in the normal way.

1.4 The time-table for extending the new support arrangements is as follows:

Monday 14 August

In-country cases living in North West, East Midlands, Eastern, South West and South Central

Tuesday 29 August

In-country cases living in West Midlands and Sussex

Monday 25 September

All disbenefited cases in England and Wales

1.5 The attached annexes give the names of each local authority contained in each of these regions by relevant date.

1.6 Disbenefited cases: From Monday 25 September those port asylum seekers who were in receipt of social security benefits but have had their asylum application recorded as refused on or after that date, will not be able to apply to a local authority for support and will only be able to apply to NASS for support.

ANNEX A

Asylum seekers who apply on or after 24 July cannot apply for interim support from the following London Boroughs:

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

London Borough of Barnet

London Borough of Bexley Council

London Borough of Brent

London Borough of Bromley

London Borough of Camden

London Borough of Croydon

London Borough of Ealing

London Borough of Enfield

London Borough of Greenwich

London Borough of Hackney

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

London Borough of Haringey

London Borough of Harrow

London Borough of Havering

London Borough of Hillingdon

London Borough of Hounslow

London Borough of Islington

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

London Borough Lambeth

London Borough of Lewisham

Corporation of London

London Borough of Merton

London Borough of Newham

London Borough of Redbridge

London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

London Borough of Southwark

London Borough of Sutton

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

London Borough of Waltham Forest

London Borough of Wandsworth

Westminster City Council

ANNEX B

Asylum seekers who apply on or after 31 July cannot apply for interim support from the following local authorities:

North-East

Darlington Borough Council

Durham County Council

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

Hartlepool Borough Council

Middlesbrough Borough Council

Newcastle upon Tyne City Council

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Northumberland County Council

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Stockton on Tees Borough Council

Sunderland City Council

Yorkshire and Humberside

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

City of Bradford

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Kingston upon Hull City Council

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council

Leeds City Council

North Yorkshire County Council

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Sheffield City Council

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

City of York Council

Wales

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Bridgend County Borough Council

Caerphilly County Borough Council

City and County of Cardiff

Carmarthenshire County Council

Ceredigion County Council

Conwy County Borough Council

Denbighshire County Council

Flintshire County Council

Gwynedd Council

Isle of Anglesey County Council

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Monmouthshire County Council

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Newport County Borough Council

Pembrokeshire County Council

Powys County Council

Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council

City and County of Swansea Council

Torfaen County Borough

Vale of Glamorgan Council

Wrexham County Borough Council

ANNEX C

Asylum seekers who apply on or after 14 August cannot apply for interim support from the following local authorities:

North West

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackpool Borough Council

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council MDC

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Cheshire County Council

Cumbria County Council

Halton Borough Council

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Lancashire County Council

Liverpool City Council

Manchester City Council

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

Salford City Council

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

Warrington Borough Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Wirrall Metropolitan Borough Council

East Midlands

Derby City Council

Derbyshire County Council

Leicester City Council

Leicestershire County Council

Lincolnshire County Council

North East Lincolnshire Council

North Lincolnshire Council

Northamptonshire County Council

Nottingham City Council

Nottinghamshire County Council

Rutland County Council

Eastern

Bedfordshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County Council

Essex County Council

Hertfordshire County Council

Norfolk County Council

Luton Borough Council

Peterborough City Council

Southend on Sea Borough Council

Suffolk County Council

Thurrock Borough Council

South Western

Bath and North East Somerset Council

Bristol City Council

Cornwall County Council

Devon County Council

Dorset County Council

Gloucestershire County Council

Council of the Isles of Scilly

North Somerset Council

Plymouth City Council

Somerset County Council

South Gloucestershire Council

Swindon Borough Council

Torbay Council

Wiltshire County Council

South Central

Bournemouth Borough Council

Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Buckinghamshire County Council

Hampshire County Council

Hertfordshire County Council

Isle of Wight Council

Milton Keynes Council

Oxfordshire County Council

Borough of Poole Council

Portsmouth City Council

Reading Borough Council

Slough Borough Council

Southampton City Council

Surrey County Council

West Berkshire Council

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Wokingham District Council