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Question Reference #090608-000040
Question: Freedom of Information request - The Unaccompanied care leavers and asylum seekers
report
Date Created: 08/06/2009 17:40
Last Updated: 08/06/2009 17:40
Status: Unresolved

Enquiry History
Customer (Ms T Potter) 08/06/2009 17:40
Dear Sir or Madam,

The Unaccompanied care leavers and asylum seekers report @
[2]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
[3]http://members.lycos.co.uk/potterfamily/...

Yours faithfully,

Ms T Potter

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Subject
Freedom of Information request - The Unaccompanied care leavers and asylum seekers report

Enquiry History
Response (Valerie Baguley) 10/06/2009 12:56
Dear Ms Potter

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

I acknowledge your request for information received on 8th June 2009.

The information you have requested is contained within the Publication Scheme which can be found on
Nottinghamshire County Council*s website, www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk or libraries within
Nottinghamshire.

If you do have difficulty in accessing the information please contact me.

For your information this letter constitutes a refusal notice under Section 17 of the Freedom of
Information Act and an exemption under Section 21 of the Act is being applied, namely the information
is accessible by other means, e.g. the Publication Scheme.

You have the right to ask us to review this decision. If you wish us to review this decision then
please set your grounds for review in writing and send them to the Corporate Complaints Manager,
County Hall, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7QP or e-mail [email address].

You also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office
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Telephone: 01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Customer (Ms T Potter) 08/06/2009 17:40
Dear Sir or Madam,

The Unaccompanied care leavers and asylum seekers report @
[2]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
[3]http://members.lycos.co.uk/potterfamily/...

Yours faithfully,

Ms T Potter

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John Hemstock
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