Children and Families Grant Determination 2025 to 2026
Published 14 May 2025
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Children and Families Grant Determination (2025-26): 31/7834
The Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution (“the Minister”), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:
Citation
1. This determination may be cited as the [Children and Families (Revenue) Grant] (2025/26): 31/7834.
Purpose of the Grant
2. This grant comprises of previously Department for Education grants, including:
a. Supporting Families (£253.5 million)
b. Supported Accommodation Reforms - New Burdens to LAs (£94.5 million)
c. Staying Put (£33.3 million)
d. Virtual School Heads Extension for previously looked after children (£7.6 million)
e. Leaving Care Allowance uplift (£13.4 million) and
f. Personal Advisors Extended Duty (£12.1 million)
3. This grant should be used to support the delivery of statutory duties previously funded by the above grants.
4. The £253.5 million of formerly Supporting Families funding, combined with the new Children’s Social Care Prevention grant, will enable the continuation of existing preventative services and provide direct investment in additional prevention activity, through the transition to Family Help and child protection reforms.
Determination
5. The Minister determines the authorities to which grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid as set out in Annex A of this determination.
6. The grant will be paid in 12 monthly instalments.
Grant conditions
7. Pursuant to section 31(4) of the Local Government Act 2003, the Minister determines that the grant will be paid subject to the conditions in Annex B.
Treasury consent
8. Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Minister obtained the consent of the Treasury.
Signed by authority of the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution.
Suzanne Kochanowski, Deputy Director, Care, Reform and Grants
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
2 May 2025
Annex A: Children and Families Grant allocations to local authorities 2025-26
Authorities to which grant is to be paid:
| Local Authority | Children and Families Grant | Of which: Family Help |
|---|---|---|
| Barking And Dagenham | £2,925,666 | £1,948,533 |
| Barnet | £2,358,997 | £1,343,700 |
| Barnsley | £1,913,226 | £1,419,100 |
| Bath And North East Somerset | £981,688 | £551,200 |
| Bedford | £1,445,571 | £915,300 |
| Bexley | £1,692,751 | £990,700 |
| Birmingham | £12,418,652 | £8,907,733 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £1,795,529 | £1,242,033 |
| Blackpool | £1,953,500 | £1,242,033 |
| Bolton | £2,838,563 | £2,030,007 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £2,566,238 | £1,357,900 |
| Bracknell Forest | £804,761 | £461,933 |
| Bradford | £5,904,735 | £4,010,800 |
| Brent | £2,851,943 | £1,840,000 |
| Brighton And Hove | £2,140,585 | £1,126,966 |
| Bristol | £3,830,768 | £2,274,933 |
| Bromley | £1,958,085 | £1,113,100 |
| Buckinghamshire Council | £2,364,400 | £1,235,500 |
| Bury | £1,555,760 | £1,001,470 |
| Calderdale | £1,670,344 | £1,086,166 |
| Cambridgeshire | £3,402,222 | £1,976,600 |
| Camden | £1,741,022 | £1,066,100 |
| Central Bedfordshire | £1,524,534 | £869,933 |
| Cheshire East | £2,134,528 | £1,194,700 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £2,211,071 | £1,323,633 |
| City of London | £131,984 | £0 |
| Cornwall | £3,253,498 | £2,262,200 |
| Coventry | £3,170,400 | £1,880,800 |
| Croydon | £4,537,890 | £1,948,533 |
| Cumberland | £1,777,787 | £1,004,731 |
| Darlington | £921,843 | £612,066 |
| Derby | £2,501,172 | £1,609,400 |
| Derbyshire | £4,534,549 | £2,868,866 |
| Devon | £4,037,056 | £2,303,000 |
| Doncaster | £2,980,705 | £1,968,933 |
| Dorset Council | £1,962,355 | £1,086,166 |
| Dudley | £2,624,756 | £1,636,000 |
| Durham | £4,019,885 | £2,787,266 |
| Ealing | £2,850,970 | £1,826,133 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £1,732,898 | £1,086,166 |
| East Sussex | £3,178,778 | £1,928,133 |
| Enfield | £3,070,631 | £2,111,733 |
| Essex | £7,773,246 | £4,990,333 |
| Gateshead | £1,827,714 | £1,126,966 |
| Gloucestershire | £3,576,181 | £1,887,333 |
| Greenwich | £2,787,916 | £1,662,933 |
| Hackney | £2,959,140 | £1,764,933 |
| Halton | £1,404,458 | £949,900 |
| Hammersmith And Fulham | £1,609,046 | £849,533 |
| Hampshire | £6,626,154 | £3,250,933 |
| Haringey | £2,698,737 | £1,662,933 |
| Harrow | £1,359,856 | £849,533 |
| Hartlepool | £1,153,904 | £720,600 |
| Havering | £1,719,863 | £963,766 |
| Herefordshire | £1,336,266 | £734,466 |
| Hertfordshire | £5,743,776 | £3,340,200 |
| Hillingdon | £2,507,812 | £1,296,700 |
| Hounslow | £2,632,720 | £1,601,400 |
| Isle of Wight | £1,126,676 | £665,933 |
| Islington | £2,393,950 | £1,180,500 |
| Kensington And Chelsea | £1,204,046 | £734,466 |
| Kent | £11,276,179 | £6,012,733 |
| Kingston upon Hull | £3,344,017 | £2,146,333 |
| Kingston upon Thames | £1,039,714 | £618,600 |
| Kirklees | £3,336,104 | £2,248,000 |
| Knowsley | £1,875,243 | £1,384,500 |
| Lambeth | £2,882,677 | £1,581,333 |
| Lancashire | £8,505,487 | £5,652,066 |
| Leeds | £7,020,656 | £4,574,666 |
| Leicester | £3,212,581 | £2,288,800 |
| Leicestershire | £3,079,376 | £1,813,400 |
| Lewisham | £3,408,819 | £2,084,800 |
| Lincolnshire | £4,269,895 | £2,922,733 |
| Liverpool | £5,952,951 | £3,842,866 |
| Luton | £2,191,827 | £1,270,100 |
| Manchester | £7,583,245 | £4,826,906 |
| Medway | £2,035,453 | £1,290,166 |
| Merton | £1,281,762 | £714,400 |
| Middlesbrough | £2,014,835 | £1,302,900 |
| Milton Keynes | £1,785,285 | £1,058,100 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £2,753,685 | £1,670,266 |
| Newham | £3,468,704 | £2,241,800 |
| Norfolk | £5,609,509 | £3,346,733 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £1,713,065 | £1,092,700 |
| North Lincolnshire | £1,248,124 | £808,733 |
| North Northamptonshire | £4,034,229 | £2,848,800 |
| North Somerset | £1,292,498 | £741,000 |
| North Tyneside | £1,621,927 | £976,500 |
| North Yorkshire | £2,798,674 | £1,833,800 |
| Northumberland | £2,040,621 | £1,351,700 |
| Nottingham | £3,496,038 | £2,146,333 |
| Nottinghamshire | £5,247,468 | £3,224,333 |
| Oldham | £2,625,355 | £1,750,317 |
| Oxfordshire | £3,324,160 | £1,731,800 |
| Peterborough | £2,050,912 | £1,255,900 |
| Plymouth | £2,207,276 | £1,371,766 |
| Portsmouth | £2,188,100 | £1,188,500 |
| Reading | £1,272,094 | £767,933 |
| Redbridge | £2,090,524 | £1,282,833 |
| Redcar And Cleveland | £1,407,480 | £829,133 |
| Richmond upon Thames | £1,027,569 | £571,266 |
| Rochdale | £2,545,685 | £1,696,184 |
| Rotherham | £2,546,483 | £1,691,000 |
| Rutland | £269,622 | £173,333 |
| Salford | £2,565,326 | £1,687,162 |
| Sandwell | £3,402,437 | £2,370,400 |
| Sefton | £2,054,937 | £1,302,900 |
| Sheffield | £4,367,414 | £2,991,266 |
| Shropshire | £1,830,816 | £1,092,700 |
| Slough | £1,535,372 | £984,500 |
| Solihull | £1,753,104 | £808,733 |
| Somerset | £3,126,587 | £1,983,133 |
| South Gloucestershire | £1,464,867 | £767,933 |
| South Tyneside | £1,605,381 | £1,078,833 |
| Southampton | £2,167,477 | £1,296,700 |
| Southend-on-Sea | £1,489,369 | £856,866 |
| Southwark | £3,053,591 | £1,670,266 |
| St. Helens | £1,824,355 | £1,133,500 |
| Staffordshire | £4,989,529 | £2,902,333 |
| Stockport | £2,207,775 | £1,461,605 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £1,967,864 | £1,242,033 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £2,906,607 | £1,915,400 |
| Suffolk | £4,610,164 | £2,630,933 |
| Sunderland | £2,507,361 | £1,697,200 |
| Surrey | £5,013,956 | £2,535,133 |
| Sutton | £1,382,812 | £755,200 |
| Swindon | £1,750,700 | £1,004,566 |
| Tameside | £2,557,510 | £1,524,761 |
| Telford And Wrekin | £1,501,369 | £990,700 |
| Thurrock | £1,755,933 | £963,766 |
| Torbay | £1,323,518 | £788,333 |
| Tower Hamlets | £2,683,571 | £1,711,066 |
| Trafford | £1,579,874 | £902,225 |
| Wakefield | £2,925,375 | £2,105,533 |
| Walsall | £2,766,839 | £1,826,133 |
| Waltham Forest | £2,723,369 | £1,731,800 |
| Wandsworth | £1,869,681 | £1,133,500 |
| Warrington | £1,564,133 | £929,166 |
| Warwickshire | £3,644,468 | £1,793,000 |
| West Berkshire | £934,914 | £502,733 |
| Westmorland and Furness | £1,066,116 | £706,335 |
| West Northamptonshire | £996,594 | £0 |
| West Sussex | £4,333,551 | £2,370,400 |
| Westminster | £1,589,714 | £822,600 |
| Wigan | £2,817,919 | £1,903,696 |
| Wiltshire | £2,295,694 | £1,317,100 |
| Windsor And Maidenhead | £833,608 | £448,866 |
| Wirral | £3,167,459 | £1,968,933 |
| Wokingham | £738,503 | £394,200 |
| Wolverhampton | £2,683,912 | £1,779,133 |
| Worcestershire | £3,691,749 | £2,166,400 |
| York | £1,020,752 | £598,200 |
| England | £414,333,591 | £253,457,499 |
Annex B: Grant conditions
Use of the grant
1. The £253.5 million of formerly Supporting Families funding included in the Children and Families Grant is ringfenced for children’s social care prevention investment. Recipient authorities must spend their allocation of the £253.5 million of formerly Supporting Families funding included in the Children and Families Grant, together with their allocation of the Children’s Social Care Prevention Grant, to continue to deliver prevention services and early intervention for families and vulnerable children. This combined funding must be used to support the rollout of Family Help and Child Protection reforms as described in Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive.
2. Recipient authorities should refer to the grant determination letter for the Children’s Social Care Prevention Grant for guidance on how their allocation of the formerly Supporting Families funding should be spent.
3. Recipient authorities must comply with the reporting requirements set out in the Children’s Social Care Prevention Grant.
4. Funding for previously-DfE grants have been consolidated into the Children and Families Grant. The purpose of consolidating these separate smaller grants into the Children and Families Grant is to reduce administrative burdens associated with managing multiple grants from different central government departments. A change of the funding route for recipient authorities has no impact on the continuing statutory duties local authorities have to provide services to children and young people. Recipient authorities must deliver their statutory duties and/or maintain services for the following:
a. Supported Accommodation Reforms – New Burdens to LAs
b. Staying Put
c. Virtual School Heads Extension for Previously Looked After Children
d. Leaving Care Allowance Uplift
e. Personal Advisors Extended Duty
5. Links to the statutory guidance for these programmes can be found here:
a. Supported Accommodation Reforms: - Guide to the supported accommodation regulations including quality standards
b. Staying Put: Staying put: arrangements for care leavers aged 18 years and above
c. Virtual School Heads Extension for Previously Looked After Children: Children Act 1989; Promoting the education of looked-after children and previously looked-after children; The designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children
d. Leaving Care Allowance Uplift: Children Act 1989: transition to adulthood for care leavers; Local offer guidance;
e. Personal Advisors Extended Duty: Extending Personal Adviser support to all care leavers to age 25
6. Recipient authorities must comply with the Supported Accommodation Reforms set out as of 28 October 2023. These are:
a. Local authorities have no longer been permitted to:
i. Place looked after children aged 16 and 17 in accordance with other arrangements under section 22C(6)(d) of the Children Act 1989, in provision that is not registered with Ofsted as supported accommodation or one of the specified exceptions; or
ii. Arrange accommodation for care leavers aged 16 and 17 under s.23B(8)(b) of the Children Act 1989 in provision that is not registered with Ofsted as supported accommodation or one of the specified exemptions.
b. Local authorities are permitted to continue placing/arranging accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17 in supported accommodation after 28 October 2023 where the provider has submitted a complete application to Ofsted before 28 October 2023, until that application has been determined.
Breach of conditions and withholding future funding
7. If the recipient authority fails to comply with any of these conditions, or if any overpayment is made under this grant, or any amount is paid in error, or any unspent funding is not returned, the Secretary of State may reduce, suspend or withhold grant payments or require the repayment of the whole or any part of the grant monies paid, as may be determined by the Secretary of State and notified in writing to the recipient authority. Such sum as has been notified will immediately become repayable to the Secretary of State who may offset the sum against any future amount due to the recipient authority from central government.