---
title: "The Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Services or Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023"
id: 4ef9c7a2-6e89-4d3f-a79e-5137ba6aca2a
authority: uk
place: "United Kingdom"
applies_also_from: []
kind: regulation
in_force: true
publisher_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1373
attribution: "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
solon_url: https://solon.orangecat.ch/law/4ef9c7a2-6e89-4d3f-a79e-5137ba6aca2a
language: en
in_force_from: 2024-01-15
date_basis: publisher
status: consolidated
source_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1373/data.xml
read_on: 2026-11-10
sha256: 203c4dd1df7dd33ad02eb5335f767277aed52f1d19dc94bccc5b16a356390340
provisions: 3
---

# The Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Services or Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2023 No. 1373
Immigration
The Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Services or Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Made
11th December 2023
Laid before Parliament
14th December 2023
Coming into force
15th January 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers in section 4(10) and (11) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Services or Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 15th January 2024.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

## 2 Amendment of the Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Services or Facilities) Regulations 2007 {#regulation-2}

(1) The Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Services or Facilities) Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in the definition of “ante-natal eligible period”, for “eight weeks” substitute “eleven weeks”;
(b) in the definition of “maternity payment”, omit “of £250”;
(c) in the definition of “post-natal eligible period”, for “six weeks” substitute “six months”.
(3) In regulation 6 (one-off supply of vouchers for pregnant women and new mothers), for “£250” substitute “£300” in each place in which it occurs.
(4) In regulation 7 (additional weekly vouchers for pregnant women and children under three)—
(a) in the heading, for “three” substitute “four”;
(b) in paragraph (1), for “£3” substitute “£5.25”;
(c) in paragraph (2), for “£5” substitute “£9.50”;
(d) in paragraph (3)—
(i) for “third birthday” substitute “fourth birthday”;
(ii) for “£3” substitute “£5.25”.