FI15366
Request
i.Human Rights Assessments (HRA) and unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) care leavers*
- How many HRAs of UASC care leavers were conducted in your local authority in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023? Please provide a breakdown by immigration status if available.
- At what point are HRAs carried out in your local authority (e.g., age of young person, specified time from becoming appeal rights exhausted, other)? Please specify.
- In how many cases did an HRA of a UASC care leaver result in support continuing or being provided under Section 20 of the Children Act 1989 in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023?
- Please outline the type of support that is provided to UASC care leavers following an HRA. If relevant, please specify:
i.Type(s) of accommodation
ii.Pathway planning
iii.Personal advisor
iv.Assistance with employment, education and training
v.Support hours
vi.Rates of financial support (if there are no set rates of financial support, please explain how levels of financial support are calculated and whether the local authority uses a base rate)
vii.Other, please describe
5. At what point does care leaving support end for this group of young people
(e.g., age)? Please describe.
6. Please provide any internal guidance or any other such written material that is used
by/available to staff in connection with HRAs and support provided to UASC care
leavers following an HRA.
*18-25-years old, also referred to as ‘former relevant children’
Response
Dover District Council does not hold the information you are seeking. The social care authority within our District is Kent County Council, who should be able to assist you and can be contacted at the following address: freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk.