Guidance

Homes for Ukraine Scheme (2023-24) local authority care leavers tariff payment grant determination (No. 31/7363) (England)

Published 26 July 2024

The Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (“Secretary of State”) in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:  

Citation  

1. This determination may be cited as the Homes for Ukraine care leavers tariff grant No. 31/7363.

Purpose of the grant  

2. The government will provide funding for local authorities to support eligible minors on the Homes for Ukraine Scheme, who have been placed into the care of a local authority, and then subsequently leave the care system, at a rate of £16,850 a year, per care leaver. Detail at Annex B.

Determination  

3. The Secretary of State determines the authorities to which this grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid as set out at Annex A of this determination.

4. In two tier areas, the grant will be paid to upper tier authorities.

Grant conditions  

5. Pursuant to section 31(5) of the Local Government Act 2003, the Secretary of State determines that the grant will be paid subject to the conditions at Annex C.

HM Treasury consent  

6. Before making this determination in relation to local authorities, the Secretary of State obtained the consent of HM Treasury.

7. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Sarah Barrett, Director of Resettlement, MHCLG

UK government branding

8. The Grant Recipient shall at all times during and following the end of the Funding Period:

• comply with requirements of the Branding Manual in relation to the Funded Activities; and

• cease use of the Funded by UK Government logo on demand if directed to do so by the Authority.

9. Branding Manual means the HM Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ‘Funded by UK Government branding manual’ first published by the Cabinet Office in November 2022 including any subsequent updates from time to time.

Annex A: Summary of grant allocations   

Homes for Ukraine local authority funding allocations January to March 2024 (England)

Annex B: Local authority responsibilities for care leavers under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme     

On 22 June 2022, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (at the time DLUHC) (‘the Department’) announced an expansion to the Homes for Ukraine (HfU) scheme to allow minors under eighteen to travel to the UK without a parent or guardian.   

For the purpose of this additional funding, MHCLG considers an eligible minor to be a child or young person who has travelled to the UK without a parent/guardian, or a minor who has come with their parent/guardian to the UK under the wider Homes for Ukraine programme but who has subsequently been left by their parent/guardian with the sponsor and/or an accompanying adult relative, as set out in the Homes for Ukraine: Guidance for councils (children and minors applying without parents or legal guardians) (Annex D) and has therefore become unaccompanied.  

The government is providing further funding to support local authorities with their costs of supporting formerly eligible minors, who became looked after by the local authority and have subsequently ceased being looked after, as defined in the Children Act 1989 as relevant children (section 23A of the Act) and former relevant children (section 23C of the Act).  

Annex C: Grant conditions   

Pursuant to section 31(5) of the Local Government Act 2003, the Secretary of State determines that the grant will be paid subject to the following conditions:  

1. The recipient authority must use the funding to support care leavers (defined as those who were formerly eligible minors, were looked after by the local authority for at least 13 weeks, some of which was after they reached age 16) in accordance with the Children Act 1989, other primary legislation, and associated regulations and guidance.

2. In two tier areas, upper tier authorities must make payments to lower tier authorities in relation to all the services which they provide to support formerly eligible minors who have subsequently left care, under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.

3. A recipient authority must provide regular data returns in relation to the Homes for Ukraine Scheme, as set out in guidance. For example:

a. Entering relevant data on Foundry regularly, and at a minimum, weekly; and

b. that Section 151 officers must sign off quarterly returns to the Department

4. Where the amount of grant paid to an authority exceeds the authority’s actual pressures (based on the number of guests resident in their area), the difference shall be repaid to the Secretary of State. In addition, if the Department is made aware that an authority is in breach of the grant conditions above, it reserves the right to recover funding.

Annex D: Homes for Ukraine: guidance for councils  

• Guidance for councils (children and minors applying without parents or legal guardians)  

• Homes for Ukraine: Guidance for councils