2.  After regulation 10 of the Asylum Support Regulations 2000(1), insert:

Additional support for pregnant women and children under 3

10A.(1) In addition to the redemption value of the vouchers redeemable for cash described in regulation 10(2), in the case of any pregnant woman or child aged under 3 for whom the Secretary of State has decided asylum support should be provided, there shall, as a general rule, be added to the redemption value 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.

TABLE

Pregnant woman£3.00
Child aged under 1£5.00
Child aged at least 1 and under 3£3.00

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

(1)

S.I. 2000/704; regulation 10(2) was replaced, and regulation 10(6) revoked, by regulation 4 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/472).