§ Ms KellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many separated children seeking asylum were accommodated in bed and breakfast hostels and hotel annexes in each of the last three years in(a) Britain, (b) each region and (c) Bolton; and how many of these were under the age of 16. [142042]
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§ Mr. HuttonStatistics on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children accommodated in bed and breakfast hostels and hotel annexes are not held centrally.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much grant was(a) claimed by and (b) awarded to each local authority in England and Wales for the cost of supporting unaccompanied children who were asylum seekers in (i) 1996–97, (ii) 1997–98, (iii) 1998–99, (iv) 1999–2000 and (v) the period since 1 April. [142446]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 12 December 2000]: The amount of grant (a) claimed by and (b) awarded to each local authority in England for the cost of supporting unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the grant years 1996–97,1997–98,1998–99 and 1999–2000 is set out in the tables. Claims covering the period since 1 April 2000 have not yet been submitted by local authorities. Comparable figures for Wales are not available.
1996–97
A cash limited grant of£3 million was allocated on a pro-rata basis to qualifying authorities. In 1996–97, local authorities who qualified for payment of the special grant were those whose eligible expenditure on unaccompanied asylum seeking children exceeded 5 per cent. of the 1996–97 standard spending assessment for children's personal social services.
£ Local authority Amount claimed Amount paid Hillingdon 3,050,711 2,224,300 Kensington 1,137,495 425,986 Westminster 1,235,490 347,699 City of London 12,909 2,044 1997–98
The same grant conditions applied as in 1996–97.
£ Local authority Amount claimed Amount paid Croydon 1,584,569 741,596 Hillingdon 1,303,470 115,600 Westminster 897,163 441,179 Kensington 805,731 255,613 City of London 29,254 32,616 Notes:
1. Hillingdon was overpaid by £749,810 in 1996–97 due to (a) a much higher estimated than actual expenditure (b) disallowance of no eligible spending.
2. Westminster was underpaid by £400,016 in 1996–97 due to a lower estimated than actual expenditure.
3. Kensington was underpaid by £103,882 in 1996–97 due to a lower estimated than actual expenditure.
4. City of London was underpaid by £14,362 in 1996–97 due to a lower estimated than actual expenditure.
1998–99
The grant was allocated to local authorities on the basis of actual expenditure incurred between 1 April 1998 and 29 January 1999, and estimated expenditure for the period 30 January 1999 to 31 March 1999, up to a maximum of £400 per week for each child aged 15 years or under, and£200 per week for each child aged 16 or 17.
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£ Local authority Amount claimed Amount paid to local authority Barking and Dagenham LB 957,377.00 957,377.00 Barnet LB 344,416.03 344,416.03 Bexley LB 147,434.00 147,200.00 Birmingham CC 29,629.98 29,629.98 Brent LB 647,154.59 647,154.59 Bristol CC 10,651.65 10,651.65 Bromley LB 254,000.00 254,000.00 Buckinghamshire CC 17,000.00 17,000.00 Cambridgeshire CC 19,200.00 19,200.00 Camden LB 964,803.00 964,803.00 Cheshire CC 800.00 800.00 Croydon LB 1,695,619.00 954,050.00 Dudley MB 12,136.66 12,136.66 Ealing LB 478,771.00 444,800.00 East Sussex CC 8,255.24 8,255.24 Enfield LB 144,600.00 144,600.00 Essex CC 168,338.03 168,338.03 Gloucestershire CC 9,475.00 9,475.00 Greenwich LB 147,629.01 147,629.01 Hackney LB 375,668.36 375,668.36 Hammersmith and Fulham LB 1,412,000.00 1,412,000.00 Haringey LB 1,695,278.68 1,355,200.00 Harrow LB 98,503.00 98,503.00 Havering LB 47,600.00 47,600.00 Hillingdon LB 1,928,200.00 1,843,352.00 Hounslow LB 101,955.00 101,955.00 Islington LB 1,405,400.00 1,405,400.00 Kensington and Chelsea 646,924.00 704,613.00 Kent CC 1,502,095.00 1,425,200.00 Kingston-upon-Thames 15,456.59 15,456.59 Kingston upon Hull CC 36,127.00 36,127.00 Lambeth LB 140,457.00 140,457.00 Lancashire CC 4,200.00 4,200.00 Leicester CC 3,135.12 3,135.12 Leicestershire CC 733.45 733.45 Lewisham LB 357,233.00 357,233.00 Lincolnshire CC 47,876.76 47,876.76 Liverpool CC 2,844.32 2,844.32 Luton BC 12,793.20 12,793.20 Medway CC 68,671.16 68,671.16 Merton LB 119,878.95 119,878.95 North East Lincolnshire CC 9,460.00 9,460.00 Newham LB 211,055.39 211,055.39 Norfolk CC 18,388.00 18,388.00 North Somerset CC 9,804.66 9,804.66 Nottingham CC 12,342.79 12,342.79 Nottinghamshire CC 17,504.95 17,504.95 Oxfordshire CC 44,417.95 44,417.95 Portsmouth CC 1,095.00 1,095.00 Redbridge LB 195,277.00 195,277.00 Redcar and Cleveland CC 17,156.81 17,156.81 Richmond-upon-Thames 483,162.06 483,162.06 Rutland CC 12,460.00 12,460.00 Salford CC 3,404.00 3,404.00 Sandwell CC 24,000.00 24,000.00 Sefton CC 55,315.80 28,600.00 Sheffield CC 24,296.00 24,296.00 Solihull MBC 533.00 533.00 South Gloucestershire CC 5,800.00 5,800.00 Southend on Sea BC 12,136.00 12,136.00 Southwark LB 501,000.00 501,000.00 Staffordshire CC 102,744.45 102,744.45 Surrey CC 41,000.00 41,000.00 Sutton LB 82,471.55 82,471.55 Swindon BC 26,974.00 26,974.00 Thurrock CC 51,758.74 51,758.74 Tower Hamlets LB 77,800.00 77,800.00 Wakefield MDC 11,868.05 11,868.05 Waltham Forest LB 193,209.00 193,209.00 Wandsworth LB 625,600.00 625,600.00 Warrington BC 1,680.00 1,680.00
£ Local authority Amount claimed Amount paid to local authority Warwickshire CC 21,500.00 21,500.00 West Sussex CC 587,000.00 587.000.00 Westminster CC 1,879,200.00 1,844,178.00 Wiltshire CC 6,581.00 6,581.00 York City Council 460.00 400.00 1999–2000
The same grant conditions applied as in 1998–99 but the f400/£200 rate for each child was increased to£500/£300 for those local authorities with the highest numbers of unaccompanied children (Barking and Dagenham, Croydon, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Hillingdon, Islington, Kent, Lambeth, Redbridge, Richmond-upon-Thames, Southwark, Westminster).
Payments for 1999–2000 were made in February 2000, based on actual expenditure from 1 April 1999 to 28 January 2000 and estimated expenditure from 29 January 2000 to 31 March 2000. Therefore, the figures in the following table are provisional and subject to final audit and adjustment in January 2001.
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£ Local authority Amount claimed Amount paid to local authority1 Barking and Dagenham LB 1,642,392.00 11,672,523.13 Barnet LB 587,000.00 1552,383.97 Bath and North East Somerset CC 3,939.20 3,939.20 Bedfordshire CC 98,400.00 98,400.00 Bexley LB 600,435.00 1601,908.00 Birmingham CC 168,367.85 1164,619.97 Brent LB 380,460.19 1350,092.07 Brighton and Hove 27,493.72 27,493.72 Bristol CC 116,600.00 1117,310.03 Bromley LB 380,000.00 1370,366.00 Buckinghamshire CC 17,352.31 114,518.41 Bury 848.60 848.60 Cambridgeshire 0 112,200.00 Camden LB 1,046,400.00 1900,561.00 Cheshire CC 2,141.83 2,141.83 Cornwall 2,505.14 2,505.14 Corporation of London 11,000.00 11,000.00 Croydon LB 1,657,745.00 11,633,838.00 Darlington BC 2,600.00 11,703.20 Derby City C 3,518.00 1-1,153.56 Dorset CC 2,413.00 2,413.00 Dudley MB 19,718.73 110,406.84 Ealing LB 1,027,000.00 11,027,800.00 East Sussex CC 13,263.00 116,304.19 Enfield LB 513,900.00 1538,327.00 Essex CC 333,200.00 1352,729.53 Gateshead MBC 1,241.29 1,241.29 Gloucestershire CC 40,830.00 140,774.00 Greenwich LB 279,923.00 1255,877.75 Hackney LB 589,733.93 1526,400.00 Hammersmith and Fulham LB 1,764,600.00 12,465,500.00 Hampshire CC 40,584.65 40,584.65 Haringey LB 3,102,200.00 12,919,800.00 Harrow LB 474,800.00 1466,392.00 Havering LB 544,400.00 1507,670.00 Herefordshire 1,920.04 1,920.04 Hertfordshire 515,788.44 515,788.44 Hillingdon LB 4,232,061.00 15,811,933.71 Hounslow LB 141,334.87 1141,334.87 Islington LB 3,821,140.00 14,137,079.00 Kensington and Chelsea RB 1,496,800.00 11,813,409.00 Kent CC 5,163,600.00 17,102,853.00 Kirklees MBC 6,628.60 15,970.36 Kingston upon Hull CC 13,326.42 114,366.42
£ Local authority Amount claimed Amount paid to local authority1 Kingston-upon-Thames 135,600.00 17,756.34 Lambeth LB 2,281,400.00 12,454,965.00 Lancashire CC 1,967.00 12,167.00 Leeds CC 5,025.53 5,025.53 Leicester CC 57,969.47 57,969.47 Leicestershire CC 37,164.36 138,072.41 Lewisham LB 952,921.00 1902,130.00 Lincolnshire CC 67,593.33 159,335.68 Liverpool CC 18,630.65 120,309.65 Luton BC 0 1-12,793.20 Medway CC 83,951.56 182,853.73 Merton LB 274,288.88 1275,905.88 Middlesbrough 1,424.25 11,418.42 Milton Keynes MBC 3,942.27 3,942.27 Newcastle upon Tyne 39,200.00 135,959.50 Newham LB 276,878.97 276,878.97 Norfolk CC 44,143.92 148,129.92 Northamptonshire CC 255,891.16 1259,456.16 North Lincolnshire 223.45 1-375.85 North East Lincolnshire CC 73,589.58 173,689.67 North Somerset CC 9,804.66 9,804.66 Nottingham CC 59,200.00 156,272.96 Nottinghamshire CC 33,851.30 133,724.87 Oxfordshire CC 210,465.90 1211,827.90 Peterborough 4,302.00 4,302.00 Portsmouth CC 16,400.00 114,619.00 Redbridge LB 1,359,072.00 11,204,239.00 Redcar and Cleveland CC 18,731.66 118,275.21 Richmond-upon-Thames 1,348,108.33 11,381,285.32 Rutland CC 1,969.95 12,905.95 Salford CC 0 1-136.00 Sandwell CC 18,000.00 138,800.00 Sefton MBC 0 1-1,880,00 Sheffield CC 67,140.00 142,744.00 Shropshire CC 986.00 19,141.00 Slough BC 64,200.00 1-14,001.00 Solihull CC 10,605.00 110,925.00 Somerset CC 12,184.95 12,184.95 South Gloucestershire CC 23,496.35 123,113.35 Southampton CC 19,504.03 19,504,03 Southend on Sea BC 49,115.05 152,867.05 Southwark LB 1,893,200.00 11,784,700.00 Staffordshire CC 128,182.47 1123,430.88 Suffolk CC 90,319.35 188,902.24 Sunderland 2,000.00 2,000.00 Surrey CC 107,385.00 1109,585.00 Sutton LB 482,000.00 1361,706.00 Swindon BC 84,949.00 190,417.00 Thurrock CC 161,817.11 1168,057.16 Tower Hamlets LB 186,200.00 1191,000.00 Trafford MBC 930.00 930.00 Wakefield MDC 53,560.40 145,566.08 Walsall MBC 9,996.00 9,916.00 Waltham Forest LB 725,025.00 1725,025.00 Wandsworth LB 407,190.30 1485,134.30 Warrington BC 28,500.00 127,121.40 Warwickshire CC 101,726.17 181,050.17 West Sussex CC 958,642.00 1968,242.00 Westminster CC 1,932,800.00 12,529,900.00 Wiltshire CC 7,400.00 15,963.00 Wolverhampton MBC 907.59 1-4,494.59 Worcestershire CC 40,714.96 40,714.96 1 Amounts of grant paid reflects adjustments for credit/debit for UASC Grant 1998–99 and Families and Adult grants for 1998–99