- Request
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1) How many Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC) did your local authority receive between January 2022 and July 2023 (inclusive) as part of the National Transfer Scheme?
Please break this data down by month and age group and gender.
2) Please state what type of accommodation they were housed in, if an 'unregulated' setting was used please be specific as to what this constituted i.e. a hotel, B&B etc.
Please break this down by month, how many were placed in each setting, age group and gender
3) How many UASC have gone missing while in care of the local authority between January 2022 to July 2023 (inclusive)?
Please state how many missing incidents were reported and how many remain missing, if possible please can this be broken down by gender, age and length of time missing.
- Decision
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I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.
1.
Under 16
16-17
Male
Female
Jan 22
0
3
3
0
Feb 22
0
2
2
0
Mar 22
0
2
2
0
April 22
0
3
3
0
May 22
0
4
3
1
June 22
1
3
3
1
July 22
0
2
1
1
Aug 22
1
4
5
0
Sept 22
0
7
7
0
Oct 22
1
5
6
0
Nov 22
3
3
6
0
Dec 22
3
5
8
0
Jan 23
0
5
5
0
Feb 23
0
2
2
0
Mar 23
1
2
3
0
April 23
2
0
2
0
May 23
1
1
2
0
June 23
0
3
3
0
July 23
1
2
3
0
August 23 up until
02/08
0
2
2
0
2) All those aged Under 16 were placed with Foster Carers with Independent Foster Agencies. All those aged 16-17 were placed in unregulated Supported Accommodation provisions that have been commissioned by Lincolnshire to support UASC. Table above shows breakdown.
3) <5 UASC have gone missing since Jan 22.
Low figures are considered exempt under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act
- Reference number
- FOI 7505706
- Date request received
- 31/07/23
- Date of decision
- 16/08/23