The National Transfer Scheme was set up in July 2016 by government to relieve the pressure on so-called "gateway authorities", such as Kent County Council and Hillingdon Council, which were having to care for increasing numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
It has now emerged that as of September 2017 around 90 councils had "opted-in" to the scheme - leaving 62 that had not, around 40 per cent.
It is the first time the scale of local authority involvement with the scheme has emerged, although some councils - including Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Dorset, have previously said they either intended to quit, or were considering quitting the scheme due to financial pressure.
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