{"value":{"id":782829,"askingMemberId":304,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-11-02T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-11-07T00:00:00","uin":"111061","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of allowing asylum seekers to work while their application is progressing.","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4048,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2018-02-12T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Asylum seekers are not allowed to work in the UK unless their claim has been outstanding for at least 12 months through no fault of their own. The policy is designed to protect the resident labour market so that access to employment is prioritised for British citizens and lawful residents, including those granted refugees status. We have no plans to change this policy.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Asylum: Employment","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/782829","method":"GET"}]}