Under the national transfer scheme introduced in July, councils can be required to take on responsibility for child refugees from other areas until the numbers reach a level representing 0.07 per cent of the overall under-18 population in the area.
Leicestershire County Council's cabinet has voted to leave the scheme claiming that, based on current numbers of children in care, it could be required to take responsibility for 70 asylum-seeking children at an estimated annual cost of £2.03m, even after Home Office contributions are taken into account.
So far the council has taken seven children into its care under the scheme.
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