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<p>The Government seeks to ensure the availability of funding and resources to deliver
against its commitments.</p><p>At the height of the operation in Calais the UK had
deployed over 200 Home Office staff, interpreters and social workers who visited the
specialist centres in France to carry out the necessary assessments to determine whether
it was in the best interests of the children to be transferred to the UK. We have
also seconded an expert to Greece in addition to our long-standing secondee in Italy
to support efforts to identify children who may qualify for transfer to the UK under
section 67 of the Immigration Act and the Dublin Regulation.</p><p>The Home Office
pays a national rate of £114 per day (£41,610 pa) for every UASC under the age of
16 and £91 per day for every UASC age 16 or 17 (£33,215 pa). These rates represent
a 20% and 28% increase respectively on the previous rates. We also pay £200 per week
(£10,400 pa) as a contribution towards leaving care costs for former UASC aged 18
and over who have leave to remain in the UK, this represents a 33% increase on the
previous rate.</p><p>More broadly, the Government has established a £10 million Refugee
Children Fund for Europe to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children
arriving in Europe.</p>
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