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<p>The Home Office has budgeted £36 million for the exceptional costs fund for the
lifetime of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme. As at 31 December 2017, £2.4
million of this had been claimed by local authorities against a budget to date of
£17 million. The funding is available to help local authorities with exceptional costs
which we anticipate will be predominantly for social care, housing adaptations and
special educational needs. We continue to work closely with local authorities and
healthcare providers to help them claim eligible exceptional costs.</p><p>£242m has
been allocated to the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme between 2015/16 and 2017/18.
At 31 December 2017, expenditure of £157.5m had been recorded.</p><p> </p>
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