Children in Care: Asylum
Commons · Question 111399 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the sustainability of current funding arrangements for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 12 Feb 2026
Support for looked after children, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, is the statutory responsibility of local authorities. The primary source of funding for local authority children's social care is through the Local Government Funding Sett...