Trafficking of children and their subsequent provision

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Dear Somerset County Council,

Please find below an FOI request relating to the trafficking of children and their subsequent care.

Unseen piloted safe accommodation for potentially trafficked foreign migrant children. The service was developed with local authority, police and governmental partners and was Ofsted registered. Through running this service we became aware of some systemic barriers that fundamentally prevent children from accessing the care and protection they need.

We would like to know, for each local authority in the UK:

1. How many potentially trafficked children you have identified in the last 12 months?
2. How many of these children have been non-UK Nationals?
3. Of the children identified what type of care placements have been sought? (foster care, secure, supported accommodation, children’s home, living independently)
4. How many children in this cohort have subsequently a) remained in their original placement b) moved to a different placement c) gone missing short-term (72 hours or less) or d) gone missing long-term (over 72 hours)?

This information is being requested from each Local Authority area in the UK.
Yours faithfully,
Unseen (UK)

Somerset County Council, Somerset Council

Somerset County Council Information Request Team
Information request
Our reference: 4863097

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Dear Unseen (UK)
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information about  Trafficking of children
 which we received on 16 April 2019 .

We are currently dealing with your request under the  Freedom of
Information Act 2000  and we aim to send our response to you on or before
17 May 2019 .
 
Please note that we are experiencing a high level of requests at the
moment, and there may be a delay in responding to your request. We will
aim to keep you informed should this be the case.

The  Freedom of Information Act 2000  may restrict the release of some or
all of the information you have requested.  If this is the case we
will carry out an assessment and will inform you of any  exemptions  that
apply.
 
In some cases, a fee may be payable. If this happens, we will send you a
fees notice detailing a summary of the proposed cost, and terms of
payment, which would need to be paid before we are able to proceed.

If you have any further queries or would like to discuss your request
please contact me quoting your reference detailed at the top of this
email.
 
Yours faithfully

Tracey Crabb
Information Request Officer
 
 

Somerset County Council, Somerset Council

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Information request
Our reference: 4863097

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Dear Sir/Madam
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 16 April 2019.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours faithfully

Information Request Team
 
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