Increase in Rates Paid to Bexley No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Families
May 30, 2025 Director of Children's Services (Officer) Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to address the rising cost of living, the Director decided to increase the weekly subsistence rates for families with No Recourse to Public Funds to match asylum support rates, increase additional payments for children up to age three, backdate these increases to April 1, 2025, and maintain future rates in line with Home Office asylum rate announcements.
Full council record
Decision
To increase the existing weekly
subsistence rates for families with No Recourse to Public Funds to
match the asylum support rates which came into effect a while ago
and to increase the additional payments made in respect of children
up to the age of three as set out in the table below. These
increases in No Recourse to Public Funds rates would be backdated
to 1st April 2025.
In future No Recourse to Public Funds
subsistence rates will be maintained in line with asylum rates as
announced by the Home Office.
Supporting Documents
Details
| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 30 May 2025 |