Children Living Away From Home Division
Station Road Centre
Station Road
Barkingside, Ilford
Essex IG6 1NB
Telephone: 020 8708 7540
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Date: 16/8/12
Dear Ms Evans
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST Ref. No. 104980
Your request for information has now been considered and the information requested is detailed below.
1. Statistics on young people
• How many looked after children (220 CLA at the end of July 2012) and
care leavers are the responsibility of this local authority
2011-12 =110
• How many unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) is this
local authority responsible for? (16 UASC at looked after at the end of July 2012)
• How many UASC are placed in this borough by other local
authorities? We do not have accurate information on this
• How many former UASC are receiving leaving care services in this
local authority, and of these how many are appeal rights exhausted? 29 former UASC and 6 have exhausted appeals
• What percentage of UASC and former UASC have additional needs Nil
(e.g. related to disability) and how many of these former UASC are
getting support to meet these needs under adult social care
legislation? NIL
2. Support for UASC and refugee and asylum seeking care leavers
• Are UASC supported through universal or targeted services (i.e.
is there a dedicated Unaccompanied Minors team or are UASC’s social
workers working within universal teams)?
Targeted service for those UASC’s who are deemed to be entitled to a Looked after service or a leaving care service
• Are refugee and asylum seeking care leavers supported by social
workers and personal advisors in universal or specialised teams?
A team of personal advisor’s managed by a qualified social work within a leaving care team.
3. Support for Appeal Rights Exhausted young people
• In the last financial year 2011-2012, how many appeal rights
exhausted asylum seeking care leavers under 21 years (or 25 years
if in full time education) were discharged from Local Authority
services? Nil
• How many of the young people referred to in the question above
had their support terminated as a result of a human rights
assessment? Nil
Please be aware all our policies and procedures are currently under review and may be subject to change in the next 3 months
4. Request for Policies and Reports
Please provide copies of the following reports and policies for
your Local Authority (as set out in The Children Act 1989 Guidance
and Regulations Volume 3: Planning Transition to Adulthood for Care
Leavers, including The Care Leavers Regulations 2010, Appendix F):
a) Provision for the allocation of leaving care support to young
people who are relevant or former relevant children and the review
of pathway plans for these young people http://insidelbr/files/publications/15648.pdf (scroll to Leaving Care Policy document item number CT226) reviews undertaken 6 monthly as per legislation
b) Leaving Care Financial Policy – http://insidelbr/files/publications/15648.pdf (scroll to Leaving Care Policy document item number CT226)
c) Setting up home allowance policy – see above policy
d) Human Rights assessment procedure and criteria - http://insidelbr/files/publications/11712.pdf
e) Complaints report To be forwarded
This response has been approved by Caroline Cutts, deputy Managing Director, Children’s Trust.
This information has been provided pursuant to the London Borough of Redbridge’s obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”). Although the London Borough of Redbridge has considered your request strictly in accordance with the Act, as you are acting on behalf of a media organisation, we would like the opportunity to comment on any story relating or containing the information provided, in so far as that story refers to, or in any way identifies, the London Borough of Redbridge, before the story is published or broadcast.
The London Borough of Redbridge’s Press Office can be contacted on 020 8708 3766.
Please contact me if you have any queries or concerns.
If you are unhappy with the outcome of your request, you may ask for an internal review within 20 working days of the date of this response. Please contact the Information Officer at or Town Hall, PO Box 2, High Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1DD who will arrange an internal review of your case.
If you have a complaint about the handling of your enquiry then please contact the Information Officer within 20 working days of the date of this response at London Borough of Redbridge, Town Hall, PO Box 2, High Road, Ilford, Essex, telephone 0208 708 2331, e-mail . If you consider the outcome of the London Borough of Redbridge’s complaints procedure is not satisfactory you also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone:08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Yours sincerely,
Sarah Alexander
Head of Service
Children Living Away from Home