Department for Education · Awarded contract

Awarded

Grant Funding for Care of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children During COVID-19

Awarded 01 Mar 2021

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Awarded01 Mar 2021

Value£5,612,727.00

SupplierMultiple Local Authorities

AgencyDepartment for Education

RegionUnited Kingdom

CategoryPublic Services & Welfare

Ended 5y 7mo ago30d term

Awarded 1 Mar 2021Expired 30 Mar 2021

About

The Department for Education awarded a contract to Multiple Local Authorities for grant funding to support the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and former unaccompanied asylum seeking children who are now care leavers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

A total of £5,612,727.91 was allocated to 56 local authorities in 2021.

The fund covered spend incurred no earlier than 1 June 2020 and no later than 20 November 2020, for up to three months of costs only.

Spend was to meet public health requirements relating to unaccompanied asylum seeking children, including border health measures introduced on 8 June, or to meet increased costs of caring for this cohort as a result of COVID-19, including wider pressures on services and costs from caring for children received through the National Transfer Scheme in response to the urgent situation on the south coast.

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