Local authority support for households with no recourse to public funds 2024-25
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Contents
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1.
Introduction
2.
Summary of findings
An essential, yet costly, safety-net
Home Office partnership-working benefits councils, but more needs to be done
People accessing support will follow different pathways to resolve their long-term destitution
Immigration status affects the length of time support is required
The Home Office meets local authority information-needs well when the NRPF team is fully staffed
Data relating to adults with care needs is incomplete
3.
What needs to change?
3.1 Why change is needed
3.2 Recommendations for government
Funding for councils and defining legal duties
Assisting councils to reduce costs
Preventing destitution and increasing need for statutory support
Enabling access to benefits and asylum support
3.3 Recommendations for councils
3.4 Funding context
3.4.1 Wider cost-pressures
3.4.2 Destitution fund for Hong Kong BN(O) visa holders
3.4.3 Funding for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
3.4.4 Assistance for councils in Scotland and Wales
4.
What the data tells us
4.1 Costs and caseloads
4.1.1 Average cost per household
4.1.2 Costs breakdown
4.2 Referrals
4.3 Caseload volume
4.4 Immigration status of adults with care and support needs
4.5 Immigration status of families
4.6 Time on support and long-standing cases
4.7 Case closures
4.8 Family household make-up
4.8.1 Single-parent families
4.8.2 Families with British children
5.
Home Office partnership working
5.1 Volume of status checks and queries
5.2 Response times
5.3 1000-day cases review
Appendix A: Councils providing data
Councils subscribed to NRPF Connect
East of England
East Midlands
Greater London boroughs
North East
North West
South East
South West
West Midlands
Yorkshire & the Humber
Scotland
Wales
Appendix B: Notes on the data
What data is being reported?
What changes have been made?
How we use the data
Definitions
Further guidance and information
Acknowledgements