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Asylum: Children

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 20 March 2025UIN 37211

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 26035 on Housing: Asylum, what information her Department holds on the average annual cost to local authorities for looking after (a) unaccompani

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office does not hold the specific data requested in a readily reportable form, but the funding policy can be found online here: Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and leaving care: funding instructions - GOV.UK.

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