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Guidance

Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and leaving care: funding instructions

Instructions to local authorities about funding for the support and care of former and unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published
1 April 2013
Last updated
425 FebruaryNovember 2025 — See all updates

Documents

UASC funding instructions to local authorities 20242025 to 20252026 (accessible)

HTML

UASC funding instructions to local authorities 20242025 to 20252026

PDF, 157237 KB, 89 pages

Leaving care funding instructions to local authorities 20242025 to 20252026 (accessible)

HTML

Leaving care funding instructions to local authorities 20242025 to 20252026

PDF, 160232 KB, 89 pages

Funding submission sheet

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 189171 KB

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Details

These funding instructions set out the conditions under which local authorities may claim reimbursement of costs for supporting and caring for unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

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Published 1 April 2013

Last updated 425 FebruaryNovember 2025 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates

    3. Updated the funding submission sheet.

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Update history

2025-11-25 12:33
Updated funding instructions for 2025 to 2026 published.

2025-02-04 16:09
Updated the funding submission sheet.

2024-10-24 15:03
Updated the UASC funding instructions to local authorities 2024 to 2025 to confirm the extension of the incentivised funding scheme until the end of November 2024.

2024-10-09 14:04
Information about funding for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children updated.

2024-10-01 10:55
Removal of Additional funding instructions – National Transfer Scheme which has been replaced with information in the standard funding instructions.

2024-07-09 15:16
Updated section 4.2 of the UASC funding instructions to local authorities 2024 to 2025 to reflect information on a £15,000 incentivised funding scheme.

2024-05-28 16:21
Published version 1.1 of the UASC funding instructions to local authorities 2024 to 2025. The previous version gave the wrong financial year in section 3.

2024-05-09 15:12
Updated funding instructions for 2024 to 2025 published.

2023-09-08 13:43
‘Additional funding instructions – National Transfer scheme’ updated.

2023-08-01 16:11
New document detailing additional funding for 2023-24 has been added.

2023-05-02 12:40
New documents have been added: Unaccompanied asylum seeking children funding instructions to local authorities 2023 to 2024; leaving care funding instructions to local authorities 2023 to 2024.

2022-12-21 10:11
Updated the UASC funding instructions to local authorities 2022 to 2023 and the Temporary additional funding – National Transfer Scheme and added an additional funding sheet.

2022-09-29 09:50
Replaced the Funding Submission Sheet with an updated version.

2022-09-07 10:12
Added the new document Temporary additional funding – National Transfer Scheme.

2022-08-05 11:39
Changed all references to “Annex A” to “Funding submission sheet”, updated years throughout, updated wording in section 6.10 of the UASC funding instruction and added Funding submission sheet as an attachment.