Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2018 to Question 199462 on Refugees: Children, how the £3.6M development fund will be spent; and whether his Department has identified specific projects for that funding.

The UK and France enjoy a special relationship based on shared values and priorities, including promoting the rule of law, protecting the rights of individuals and ensuring the security of our citizens. In January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty, which included a funding package of £45.5 million to fund joint co-operation on all elements of tackling the impact of illegal migration in northern France. Within this package, £3.6 million was specifically allocated to funding the development of the Dublin process to support transfers of eligible children to the UK, including training for those working with unaccompanied children, family tracing and targeted information campaigns.