Benefits Provided by the Council to Illegal Migrants

1. Detailed breakdown of all goods, services, discounts, and benefits provided by the council to illegal migrants, adult asylum seekers, unaccompanied minor asylum seekers,

and people granted asylum in each year since 2020.



2. Figures (where applicable) for how much money was spent by the council on each item in each year since 2020.



3. Figures (where applicable) for how many recipients received these items in each year since 2020, broken down by nationality.

1. Confirmed that Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) does not offer any support, and therefore there is no funding given to, adult asylum seekers or illegal migrants
   
   Unaccompanied Children who come into the care of the Local Authority are afforded Child in Care status. This means they are legally recognised as being looked after by the Local Authority, with responsibilities for their welfare and development and the same rights as any other child in care.
   
   At the age of 18, these young people leave care and become eligible for support through the Leaving Care Service, which can continue to provide assistance up to the age of 25, depending on their individual circumstances and needs. Information about their rights and entitlement can be found here https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/homepage/198/leaving-care-service

2. The Council has not spent any Lincolnshire County Council funds on these children in care or care leavers. The care and support is fully funded by the Home Office.

3.The following is the total number of Child in Care and those accessing Leaving Care support (formally looked after) by year (we are unable to specify the ethnicity of each person year by year within the allotted time for this task. However, we have provided totals)

2020-2021 - 123
2021-2022 - 119
2022-2023 - 237
2023-2024 - 310
2024-2025 - 338
(236 Afghanistan) (31 Albanian) (18 Egyptian) (99 Eritrean) (25 Ethiopian) (224 Iranian) (151 Iraqi) (20 Kurdish) (6 Somalian) (5 Somalian) (8 South Sudanese) (203 Sudanese) (39 Syrian) (15 Turkish) (45 Vietnamese) (2 Yemeni)