FOI - Unregulated accommodation for 16-17 year olds
Received: 13 March 2023
1.
How many (i) care experienced children in your local authority aged 16-17 (inclusive) are currently housed in unregulated accommodation and (ii) how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children aged 16-17 (inclusive) are currently housed in unregulated accommodation.
Unregulated accommodation is sometimes known as 'independent accommodation' or 'semi-independent accommodation'.
By care experienced children I mean children who are known to the council and who have been living in foster care or residential accommodation or another form of regulated accommodation as outlined above.
By unregulated accommodation I mean accommodation for care experienced children aged 16 and over, where they can receive support but not care. Please use this article from Become Charity for more information on what defines unregulated accommodation.
It does not include foster homes, residential care, hospital settings, residential school settings.
2.
How many care experienced children in your local authority aged 16-17 have gone missing between 18 February 2021 and 1 March 2023?
3.
How many unaccompanied asylum seeking children in your local authority aged 16-17 have gone missing between 18 February 2021 and 1 March 2023?
4.
Please can you provide information on what mechanisms are in place to ensure that children housed in independent or semi-independent accommodation are properly cared for. Information could be but is not limited to guidance for housing providers or landlords, guidance for social workers, guidance for children and young people.
I would like to receive the information electronically. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me, either by email or telephone (07723324240) and provide assistance as how I could refine the request. Many thanks.
Sian Norris
Outcome / Documents
- Response (all information to be supplied) - application/pdf - Download