Section 95 support (shelter and cash support):<br />Claimants from non-ODA countries are excluded. We assume claimants with ‘unknown country’ are from ODA-eligible countries. This is a well-founded assumption because most asylum seekers are found to come from ODA-eligible countries.<br />Claimants beyond 11 months of support in the UK are excluded. We assume that all individuals receiving s95 support have received 28 days of initial emergency support. Therefore, to ensure that we only include the first 12 months of total UK support we deduct 28 days (which represent 7.7% of 365 days). Accordingly, we only include asylum seeker support (s98 and s95 claimants) for a total of 12 months or less of support and avoid double counting.<br />Section 98 support (emergency temporary support):<br />Stays in initial accommodation are expected to last no longer than 28 days while more permanent accommodation can be identified.<br />The same proportion of s98 claimants as s95 are from ODA-eligible countries.<br />Support to UASC (shelter and other eligible provisions): <br />The basis for estimation is the number of days a UASC has been supported in the UK. This data is referred to as “daily stock UASC figures”. The UASC data is collected for administration purposes. Local Authorities send Home Office details the UASC supported each month. Home Office then manually matches these to the National Immigration Database; once a match is confirmed, reimbursement for the support is sent to the Local Authority. The data is tailored in line with the DAC directives to include UASC within their first 12 months of applying for asylum and exclude those from non-ODA countries.<br />Education costs:<br />The UK reports estimated costs for education asylum-seeking children of compulsory school age within their first 12 months of UK support as ODA in line with the clarified DAC directives. Education costs of resettled refugees are included separately within the resettlement programme costs and are not included within these estimates.<br />Health costs:<br />The UK reports costs for the publicly-funded healthcare for asylum seekers within their first 12 months of support as ODA. Health costs of resettled refugees are included separately within the resettlement program costs and therefore are not included within these estimates.<br />Administrative costs:<br />Home Office reports administrative costs for staff directly responsible for matching the needs of the asylum seekers and UASC to an appropriate geographic location and accommodation based on family size, make-up, special needs etc. and for ensuring such provision is available and is provided by commercial partners. These teams and associated costs fall under specific cost centres within the wider chart of accounts making it easy to identify, isolate and extract relevant costs relating to eligible admin activity.