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<p>Since its introduction in May 2014, the department has provided over £90 million
in funding to local authorities to implement Staying Put, and the department has also
committed to provide a further £23.77m in 2019/20. The funding breakdown for each
year is set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£7.4
million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£14.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£22.2
million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£22.85 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£23.3
million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£23.77 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£114.32
million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Decisions on funding beyond March
2020 will be subject to the outcome of the next Spending Review.</p><p>The department
collects information on the amount that local authorities spend on children’s social
care overall, but this does not identify expenditure on Staying Put separately, so
DfE does not hold the information necessary to estimate the total cost of Staying
Put to the public purse.</p>
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