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<p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services
element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry
of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available
for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore
Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to
extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own
funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part
of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish
its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating
local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be
learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p>
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