Refugees: Children
(asked on 29th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much welcoming each unaccompanied child refugee will cost the UK.
This question was answered on 14th December 2016
The Home Office funds local authorities for the care and support of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. The rates are based on a detailed analysis of financial information sent to the Home Office by local authorities about their actual cost of caring for UASC. The analysis showed that the average cost across all local authorities of looking after a UASC aged under 16 was approximately £41,610 per annum and the average cost of supporting those aged 16 and 17 was approximately £33,215 per annum.