Trafficking of children and their subsequent care

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Dear Castle Point Borough Council,

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

Unseen is providing safe accommodation for potentially trafficked foreign migrant children. The service has been developed with local authority, police and governmental partners and is Ofsted registered. Through running this service we have become 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)

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________________________________________ From: Kate Garbers
<[FOI #531653 email]>Sent: Saturday, November 10,
2018 6:09:16 PM To: Info Subject: Freedom of Information request -
Trafficking of children and their subsequent care Dear Castle Point
Borough Council, Please find below an FOI request relating to the
trafficking of children and their subsequent care. Unseen is providing
safe accommodation for potentially trafficked foreign migrant children.
The service has been developed with local authority, police and
governmental partners and is Ofsted registered. Through running this
service we have become 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)
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________________________________________ From: Kate Garbers
<[FOI #531653 email]>Sent: Saturday, November 10,
2018 6:09:16 PM To: Info Subject: Freedom of Information request -
Trafficking of children and their subsequent care Dear Castle Point
Borough Council, Please find below an FOI request relating to the
trafficking of children and their subsequent care. Unseen is providing
safe accommodation for potentially trafficked foreign migrant children.
The service has been developed with local authority, police and
governmental partners and is Ofsted registered. Through running this
service we have become 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)
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Good Morning,

Many thanks for your enquiry.

Castle Point Borough Council is not responsible for social care within its district. We therefore do not hold any information on this matter. This comes under the responsibility of Essex County Council.

If you still require the information I would suggest you forward your application to them direct. I have added their details below. If you are unable to do this then please let me know and we will forward the request on your behalf.

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The Council considers that the above response fully complies with the requirements placed on the Council under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 but a person making a request for information under the FOIA 2000 may complain to the Review Officer if they are dissatisfied with the Council’s response. Details regarding the complaints procedure may be obtained from the Monitoring Officer at the Council Offices in Benfleet.”

Caroline Smith
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Castle Point Borough Council | telephone: 01268 882200 | email: [email address] | website: www.castlepoint.gov.uk

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