FI16047
Request
1. The amount received by your local authority from the Home Office as part of refugee resettlement schemes for the years 2018 - 2024.
2. The number of individuals within your local authority for whom you receive funding as part of the Home Office refugee resettlement scheme for the years 2018 - 2024.
3. For the year 2024, a full breakdown of expenditure by each of the Home Office listed outcomes - as per the Home Office guidance document released last week - including the contractor providing the service. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686f9a65a08d3a3ca3b679e3/447+UKRS+LA+Funding+Instruction+25-26+Final+4.7.25_.pdf
These ‘outcomes’ include:
- Provision of accommodation - how much spent, which contractors?
- Accommodation furnishings - how much spent, on what, which suppliers?
- Casework support - how much spent, which providers?
- English language provision for adults - how much spent, which providers?
- Integration - what activities are included within this, how much spent, which providers?
- Job seeking and welfare support - how much spent?
4. Please also indicate, the total value of year 2 - 5 funding claimed by your authority for refugees in your area, and how many refugees this covered.
Response
1. Afghan Resettlement Scheme (started in 2023/24) - Total income from the Home Office is £510,300
2. Afghan Resettlement Scheme – during 2023/24 funding was received for 78 people.
3. (a) The Council has purchased ten properties, as follows:
2018/2023 - £0
2023/2024 - £1,465,000
2024/2025 - £710,000
(b) As follows:
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Amazon
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£18,822.01
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AO
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£364.00
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Appliances 4 You Deal
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£3,600.00
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Argos
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£2,309.93
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B&M
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£1,466.16
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B&Q
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£88.00
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Currys
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£207.50
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Dunelm Soft Furnishings
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£222.00
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Hospice Shops Westgate
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£12.00
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Ikea
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£2,792.47
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KEW
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£10.41
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Love Blooms
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£160.00
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Pacific Furniture
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£26,461.80
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Poundland
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£20.00
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Priceless Discount Store
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£11.18
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Primark
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£231.60
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Sainsburys Birchington
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£17.05
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Screwfix
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£76.31
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Sleepyhead Beds
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£14,964.16
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Tesco Dover
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£1,739.87
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Thanet Bedz ltd
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£1,250.00
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Total
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£ 74,826.45
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(c) The Council provided this in-house at a cost of £198,517.08 for seven officers.
(d) Zero.
(e) For the financial year 2023 - 2024 DDC funded a community engagement day and drop in sessions
Guston Community Hall £360.00
IWD Community event £100
Welcome to Dover Event £1,557.00
Guston Community Day £445.04
(f) Zero.
4. The Council does not hold this information as the claim has not yet been submitted.