Purpose

Weekly living allowance which is paid to our
young people, has risen nationally from £67.20 per week
(Children’s Social Care currently pay £70.00 per week)
to £71.70 a week. The Council has to increase this weekly
allowance as its part of the Children’s Act 1989 Transitions
Guidance

Children’s Social Care recommendation is to increase the
allowance to £72.00 per week. The rationale for this is to
support young people who access money from a bank so they can get
the full monies. Having random amounts of pence when living on so
little is a real barrier and needs to be part of our recognition of
the barriers that exist for our care experienced young people. This
is really important
given the cost of the impact of the cost of living crisis.

Content

To increase the weekly living allowance which
is paid to our young people from £70.00 a week to
£72.00 a week in line with Government recommendation.