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The Unaccompanied care leavers and asylum seekers report

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

The request was successful.

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: Infomgt
Lincolnshire County Council

9 June 2009

Dear Ms Potter

Freedom of Information Reference: 07901FOI
Subject: Request for information regarding unaccompanied asylum seeking
children.

Thank you for your recent request for information received by this office
on 9th June 2009. Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request will be handled by Targeted Services. We will aim to respond
to your request, notifying you whether or not the information requested is
held by Lincolnshire County Council and communicating that information to
you (provided that the information is not exempt under the terms of the
Act), within 20 working days from the day after your request was received.

We may reasonably require further information from you in order to
identify and locate the information requested. If this is the case we will
contact you in due course.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
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If you have any queries about this letter, please contact us. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications

Yours sincerely

Julia Wilms
Resources Directorate
Lincolnshire County Council

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strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as
amended), or other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not
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From: Infomgt
Lincolnshire County Council

7 July 2009

1589 Asylum Seekers Oct 2008 to Dec 2008.xls
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From: Infomgt
Lincolnshire County Council

14 July 2009

Dear Ms Potter

Freedom of Information Reference: 07901FOI
Subject: Request for information regarding unaccompanied asylum seeking
children.

Thank you for your recent request for information received by this office
on 9th June 2009. Lincolnshire County Council have
additional information for your request.

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.

16;16;16.5;16.6;16.6;17;17.5

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

No unaccompanied asylum seekers over 16 were assessed as requiring section
20 accommodation

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.

No section 17 support was required

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

None of the young people were accommodated under section 20 therefore none
discharged

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

All of the above young people are in receipt of services under the
Children Leaving Care Act (2000)

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

No services are currently provided under section 17

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

29.10.08; 03.11.08

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?

All unaccompanied asylum seekers are age assessed and needs assessed on
arrival 16/17 year olds are cared for within supported living environments
where there holistic needs are met, they continue to receive social work
support in accordance with the legislation until such time as Barnados
allocates a keywork to mange and review their pathway plans.

We believe that this answers your request in full.

Yours sincerely

Rachel Starmer
Resources Directorate
Lincolnshire County Council

[1][Lincolnshire County Council request email]

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Complaints, Lincolnshire County Council, PO Box 841, Lincoln, LON ZEN

The information we have supplied to you may contain intellectual property
rights of Lincolnshire County Council. Your use of the information must be
strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as
amended), or other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not
re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

If you would like to re-use this information for any commercial purpose
you must make a formal request to us under the Re-Use of Public Sector
Information Regulations 2005. Please email us at [2]reuse
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