The Unaccompanied care leavers and asylum seekers report

Ms T Potter made this Freedom of Information request to Sheffield City 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: Firstpoint@sheffield.gov.uk
Sheffield City Council

9 June 2009

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Dear Ms Potter

Thank you for your freedom of information email request received at First
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Your request for this information has been forwarded to the information
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You should expect to receive a reply within 20 working days.

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From: Nelson Susan
Sheffield City Council

7 July 2009

Dear Ms Potter

I am responding to your recent Freedom of Information request regarding
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC). The response has been
provided by the Permanence and Throughcare Service of Sheffield Local
Authority. They have confirmed that we did not have any newly arrived 16
or 17 year old UASC in the period you are enquiring about - the final
quarter of 2008 (October, November and December).

Thank you for your enquiry. If you have any further enquiries on this
response please contact me again.

Sue Nelson
Senior Business Support Manager
Planning, Performance and Partnership Service
Children and Young People's Directorate

Floor 6, Derwent House
150 Arundel Gate
Sheffield, S1 2JY
Telephone: 0114 2735380
Fax: 0114 2735703
Website: [1]www.sheffield.gov.uk

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From: Ms T Potter

19 July 2009

Dear Nelson Susan,

You have not provided a response to this part of my request

"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?"

Please provide this part.

Yours faithfully,

Ms T Potter

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From: Nelson Susan
Sheffield City Council

22 July 2009

Dear Ms Potter

I have asked the Permanence and Throughcare team to give me a response
to this enquiry as soon as possible.

Thank you

Sue Nelson

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