Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides basic toiletries as standard to refugees in her Department's care.

Basic toiletries are considered an essential need for asylum seekers in receipt of asylum support. These are either provided directly by our accommodation providers under the AASC contract, or individuals can purchase the items with their weekly subsistence rate, which is currently £45 for those in self-catered or dispersal accommodation. Part of this allowance is intended for toiletries.