secondary school aged migrant girls - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Do you collect data on children from migrant[i] families newly arrived in your area? Do you collect data on the gender of these children? Do you collect data on the age of these children?

 

2. If/where possible, we would like to see information on gender and age for the 4 below questions:

 

In the 2021-2022 academic year:

 a. Total Girls

(I) 14-18 years old

(II) 14-18 girls

b. How many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) entered into care in your Local Authority?

c. How many children from resettled refugee families were resettled in your Local Authority?

d. How many children living in asylum seeking families moved in your Local Authority?

e. How many migrant children on family reunion visas moved in your Local Authority?

 

3. Of the recently arrived migrant girls between 14 and 18 years old, how many:*

*If data cannot be disaggregated by gender and age, please include information for the overall number of migrant children entering secondary school or college

 

a. Started education within 4 weeks

b. Started education between 4 weeks and 3 months

c. Started education after 3 months or more

d. Entered education in a secondary school/academy

e. Entered education in a college

f. Entering education in an Alternative Provision

 

4. 

A. In the past three academic years, how often have recently arrived migrant children been referred to the Fair Access Protocol in place?

 

B. Once it had been decided that a recently arrived migrant child was to be placed via the FAP, how many of them have been allocated a school place within 20 days? How many have been allocated a school place after 20 days?

Decision

1. Not held with Lincolnshire County Council (LCC). The term 'migrant' is very broad. For more information, please request this detail by specific migration scheme as the term migrant family could describe any family arriving in Lincolnshire from another place.

 

2.

 

a. As above, LCC do not hold this information.

 

b. 22.

 

c. Not held. Lincolnshire County Council is the upper tier local authority. For information relating to resettled refugee families, you will need to contact the relevant District Council who has the responsibility for housing.

 

The information you have requested may be held by district councils. Please find their contact details below.

 

foi@boston.gov.uk

customerservices@e-lindsey.gov.uk

foi@n-kesteven.gov.uk

info@sholland.gov.uk

foi@southkesteven.gov.uk

customer.services@west-lindsey.gov.uk

legal@lincoln.gov.uk

 

d. As above (2c).

 

e. As above (2c).

 

3. Not held. The term 'migrant' is very broad. For more information, please request this detail by specific migration scheme as the term migrant family could describe any family arriving in Lincolnshire from another place.

 

4.

 

a. 435.

 

b. 435.

Reference number
5783097
Date request received
20 December 2022
Date of decision
12 January 2023