Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 66W, on asylum: children, which local authorities have been granted extra funding because of their special circumstances.

The following local authorities receive additional funding due to special
circumstances:

Croydon, Kent, and Hillingdon local authorities have been granted additional
funding which in the past was part of the "Gateway" arrangements, that has been
superseded by enhanced rates. This is due to the larger than normal volumes of
care leavers received in those local authorities, in comparison to other local
authorities.

Solihull local authority were not part of the "Gateway" arrangements but have
since been granted additional enhanced payments for the same reasons.