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Dear [Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]Ms Potter
Please find below our response to your recent FOI request:-
The Unaccompanied care leavers and asylum seekers report [Author ID0: at ]
mentions that 16 and 17 year old newly arrived Unaccompanied Asylum[Author ID0: at ]
Seeking Children (UASC) are most often than not accommodated under[Author ID0: at ]
Section 20 of the Children Act (1989), hereafter referred to as[Author ID0: at ]
"Section 20". This duty can be discharged, after a needs[Author ID0: at ]
assessment, then they can be supported under the Children (Leaving[Author ID0: at ]
Care) Act (2000) and or Section 17 of the Children Act (1989),[Author ID0: at ]
hereafter referred to as "Section 17". The report indicates this[Author ID0: at ]
practice is similar to the one used for 16 and 17 year old[Author ID0: at ]
indigenous young people in like circumstances.[Author ID0: at ]
To help understand how this practice operates can you please advise[Author ID0: at ]
me, in the final quarter of 2008 (October, November and December[Author ID0: at ]
2008) how many newly arrived 16 and 17 year old UASC you[Author ID0: at ]
accommodated under Section 20 for the first time and for each[Author ID0: at ]
individual UASC please advise of.[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
ANSWER[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]: 1[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]. UASC were accommodated in October 2008[Author ID0: at ]
[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ] 2[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]. Age disputed in December 2008.[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]A) The exact age of each individual UASC was when first[Author ID0: at ]
accommodated - Using the formula that indicates how many full years[Author ID0: at ]
and months has elapsed since birth. Such as 16.4, meaning 16 years[Author ID0: at ]
and 4 months.[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
ANSWER: 16.9 [Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
B) The exact date each individual first became accommodated under[Author ID0: at ]
Section 20.[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
ANSWER: 29/10/2008[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
C) An indication, of a Yes or No, on whether you have provided any[Author ID0: at ]
individual UASC with Section 17 support, prior to them being[Author ID0: at ]
accommodated under Section 20 on the date given in section B.[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
D) If, at present, any individual has been discharged from Section[Author ID0: at ]
20, please advise of the exact date this discharge took effect.[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
ANSWER: None[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
E) Whether any services are currently provided, to each individual,[Author ID0: at ]
under the Children (Leaving Care) Act.[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
ANSWER: Yes[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
F) Whether any services are currently provided, to each individual,[Author ID0: at ]
under Section 17 of the Children Act .[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
G) The exact date any individual UASC was assessed as being 18 or[Author ID0: at ]
more years of age.[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
ANSWER: 01/12/2008 and 18/12/2008[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
In your response please also state with a simple Yes or No, on[Author ID0: at ]
whether or not you follow the practice of not accommodating a UASC[Author ID0: at ]
under Section 20 until you have assessed them as being under the[Author ID0: at ]
ANSWER: Yes[Author ID1: at Mon Jul 6 12:10:00 2009 ]
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Yours sincerely[Author ID0: at ]
Information Governance Team[Author ID0: at ]