Decision

Recommendations approved.

Reasons for recommendations

The Home Office’s policies and procedures associated with asylum seeker dispersal are constantly changing.  As a consequence, so are the support needs of asylum seekers and the pressures on local services.  The above recommendations advise that a proportion of the funding be used to cover council costs incurred since 2021 and that any remaining funding be used over subsequent years to mitigate the impacts of asylum dispersal.

Other options considered and rejected

To return the funding to the Home Office and not use it to support asylum seekers dispersed in Chorley or alleviate pressures on local services.