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Home Office

Answer

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the level of central Government grants to each local authority to support asylum seekers was in each year since 1996-97. [207955] Mr. Browne: The information is not available in the precise format requested. Information for the 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99 is not available. Available information for the years 1999-2000 to 2004-05 is in the following table. Local authority grant rates--per week of support £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Category/year (rates shown represent maximum grant available) 1999-20001, 5 1999-2000 2, 3, 5 2000-01 2001-02 4 Adults London boroughs8 140.00 140.00 140.00 140.00 Non-London boroughs 140.00 140.00 140.00 140.00 Families London boroughs8 240.00 240.00 350.00 350.00 Non-London boroughs 240.00 240.00 240.00 240.00 Large families London boroughs8 240.00 240.00 350.00 380.00 Non-London boroughs 240.00 240.00 240.00 270.00 Unaccompanied asylum Up to 100 claimants n/a n/a 400.00 400.00 seeking children (U16) More than 100 n/a n/a 575.00 575.00 claimants Unaccompanied asylum Up to 100 claimants n/a n/a 200.00 200.00 seeking children (016) More than 100 n/a n/a 300.00 300.00 claimants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Category/year (rates shown represent maximum grant available) 2002-03 4, 7 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Adults London boroughs8 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- Non-London boroughs 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- Families London boroughs8 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- Non-London boroughs 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- Large families London boroughs8 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- Non-London boroughs 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- Unaccompanied asylum Up to 100 claimants 420.00 7-- 670.00 686.75 seeking children (U16) More than 100 575.00 7-- 670.00 686.75 claimants Unaccompanied asylum Up to 100 claimants 220.00 7-- 300.00 307.50 seeking children (016) More than 100 300.00 7-- 300.00 307.50 claimants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Prior to Royal Assent of the Asylum Support (Interim Provisions) Regulations 1999--up to 5 December 1999. 2 Post Royal Assent of the Asylum Support (Interim Provisions) Regulations 1999--6 December 1999 onwards. 3 Post Royal Assent, overspends in the adults or families category were allowed to be offset in the other, hence actual rates paid may be higher in one or other of these categories from this point on. 4 For the period 1 April 2001 to 7 November 2002 UASC aged 16 and 17 who had applied for asylum prior to their 16th birthday and were still being cared for under Sect 20 or Sect 23 of the Children Act 1989 could be claimed. 5 In 1999-2000 grants for UASC were paid by DoH and not MASS. 6 From 2002-03 onwards individual rates were set for each local authority for adults and families, based upon actual spend in 2001-02 and increased for inflation. 7 Rates shown for UASC in 2002-03 were paid for the period up to Royal Assent of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act on 7 November 2002, subsequent to this individual rates were set for each authority based unit costs in 2001-02 adjusted for inflation. 8 Rates for London boroughs were also paid to several adjacent local authorities with similar costs.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c963-6W; 207955

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Asylum Housing Grants Local government

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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