The Unaccompanied care leavers and asylum seekers report

Ms T Potter made this Freedom of Information request to Gloucestershire County Council

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From: Ms T Potter

8 June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

The Unaccompanied care leavers and asylum seekers report @
http://www.kent.gov.uk/publications/coun...
mentions that 16 and 17 year old newly arrived Unaccompanied Asylum
Seeking Children (UASC) are most often than not accommodated under
Section 20 of the Children Act (1989), hereafter referred to as
"Section 20". This duty can be discharged, after a needs
assessment, then they can be supported under the Children (Leaving
Care) Act (2000) and or Section 17 of the Children Act (1989),
hereafter referred to as "Section 17". The report indicates this
practice is similar to the one used for 16 and 17 year old
indigenous young people in like circumstances.

To help understand how this practice operates can you please advise
me, in the final quarter of 2008 (October, November and December
2008) how many newly arrived 16 and 17 year old UASC you
accommodated under Section 20 for the first time and for each
individual UASC please advise of.

A) The exact age of each individual UASC was when first
accommodated - Using the formula that indicates how many full years
and months has elapsed since birth. Such as 16.4, meaning 16 years
and 4 months.

B) The exact date each individual first became accommodated under
Section 20.

C) An indication, of a Yes or No, on whether you have provided any
individual UASC with Section 17 support, prior to them being
accommodated under Section 20 on the date given in section B.

D) If, at present, any individual has been discharged from Section
20, please advise of the exact date this discharge took effect.

E) Whether any services are currently provided, to each individual,
under the Children (Leaving Care) Act.

F) Whether any services are currently provided, to each individual,
under Section 17 of the Children Act .

G) The exact date any individual UASC was assessed as being 18 or
more years of age.

In your response please also state with a simple Yes or No, on
whether or not you follow the practice of not accommodating a UASC
under Section 20 until you have assessed them as being under the
age of 18?

To help comply with this information request please use my
pro-forma spreadsheet, which you can download @

members.lycos.co.uk/potterfamily/foiaspreadsheet.xls
http://members.lycos.co.uk/potterfamily/...

Yours faithfully,

Ms T Potter

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From: MORRIS, Sue
Gloucestershire County Council

9 June 2009

Dear Ms Potter

Request for Information (Reference 09/FOI/1393)

Thank you for your request for information for unaccompanied care leavers
and asylum seekers report, received on 8 June 2009.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to the principles of the
Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) and will wherever possible provide all
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Yours sincerely

Sue Morris

Information Management Service Administrator

Information Management Service

Gloucestershire County Council

Community & Adult Care Directorate

Shire Hall

Gloucester

GL1 2TG

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From: GODFREY, Ian
Gloucestershire County Council

6 July 2009

Dear Ms Potter,

I am writing to provide Gloucestershire's response to your request as detailed below.

We have reviewed our records for the period October to December 2008 and confirm that in that period we had no newly arrived 16/17 year old UASC in Gloucestershire.

Given the above nil return, and as it appears that questions A to G relate to any young people forming part of the cohort defined, there is no further information for us to supply other than to answer yes to your final question.

Please let me know if you require any additional information

Regards

Ian Godfrey
Acting Head of Service (Gloucester Locality)
01452 425192

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From: WATHEN, Victoria
Gloucestershire County Council

6 July 2009

Dear Ms Potter,

During the period October to December 2008 we had no newly arrived Unaccompanied minors arrive in Gloucestershire. This answer to the final question is YES"

If you are unhappy with this response, you are entitled to request a review of the decision by writing to:

Victoria Wathen
Information Manager.
Shire Hall
Westgate Street
Gloucester
GL1 2TG.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Council.

The Information Commissioner can be contracted at:-

The Information Commissioner's Officer
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

Victoria Wathen
Information Manager
Information Management Service
Gloucestershire County Council
Shire Hall
Gloucester
GL1 2TG

Tele 01452 425071
Fax 01452 425772

e-mail [email address]

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