Karen Goodman
Head of  Services  for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
Kent County Council
Children, Families and Education
Gibson Drive, 
West Malling
Kent ME19 4QG
 
01622 605258
Mobile:  07803 036 752
 

From: Harland Jerry [mailto:xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: 23 March 2009 16:01
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Subject: UASC Reform - Next Steps

Dear All,

 

I thought I would give you an update as to where we are now with the UASC Reform Programme.

 

We have recently received approval and – more importantly – the funding to enable us to approach Local Authorities, either as Consortia or as individual authorities, and seek their proposals to become specialists as envisaged in the UASC Reform Programme.

 

Our timetable is as follows:-

 

·        By mid-April seek details from Regional Strategic Migration Partnerships as to who would be tasked with preparing the proposal/response for UKBA. We would also need to know the cost of replacing/back filling for the person involved in doing the work. We are still looking at a number of authorities – Glasgow, Liverpool, NW Consortium (based on Manchester). NE Consortium (based on Newcastle and surrounding authorities), Yorkshire and Humberside, Wales, East Midlands, West Midlands and East of England becoming involved as specialist authorities with the Gateway Authorities of Kent, Hillingdon, Croydon and West Sussex becoming involved at the front end of the UASC process.

 

·        By end-April, UKBA complete the work on the proposal packs – including advice on what costs should be included, how any caveats should be set out. Finalise the specification with West Midlands.

 

·        Early May. One day workshop to be held with participants to provide advice on completion of templates. Two representatives per Region/Authority to be invited to attend, along with representatives from UKBA. Documentation packs will be issued at the meeting.

 

·        Early June. Visits by UKBA to those working on the proposals to answer any questions, confirm that they are on the right track etc.

 

·        Mid July. Completed templates to be returned to UKBA.

 

 

This gives LAs over two months to complete any documentation for UKBA and gives time for those working on the proposals to seek any clarification that is necessary in completion of the document.

 

Once the documentation has been returned to UKBA we will analyse them and determine the feasibility of taking the work forward to the next stage. This stage will undoubtedly involve LAs seeking political approval to move forward and will require UKBA to give sufficient guarantees on issues such as the Leaving Care Grant and future funding, removals of former UASC etc.

 

Your comments on the above would be appreciated.

 

Many thanks

 

Jerry Harland

UASC Reform Programme

0208-604-1628

 



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