Select Committee on Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Written Evidence


Supplementary memorandum by the Foyer Federation (HOM 21(a))

  I am writing following the oral evidence session held by your Select Committee on Tuesday 7 December, at which Jeremy Drew, Manager of the Portsmouth Foyer gave evidence on behalf of the Foyer Federation.

  Jeremy promised that we would supply further information to the Committee in relation to the success rate of Foyers in helping young people move into education or work. The figures we have are as follows:
Status on entry Status on leaving the Foyer
Full time work8%Full time work 24%
Part time work7%Part time work 11%
Government training6% Government training23%
Student0%Student 17%
Long term sick10%Long term sick 9%
Other13%Other 16%
Job Seeker42%


  I thought your Committee would also be interested in these other statistics:
Characteristics on entry
Have been excluded from school10.5%
Substance misuse12%
Mental health13%
Contact with criminal justice system25%
Mobility impaired/wheelchair users  3%
Single parents  3%
Refugee status  2% (doesn't include asylum seekers)
Previous experiences
Previously slept rough14%
Slept on friends' floors26%
Local authority care  7%
Foster parents  3%
Custody  3%

Note: these factors are not necessarily mutually exclusive and depend on the young person being willing to reveal this information.

  David Clelland also suggested that a further expansion of Foyers would be helpful in supporting young people into independent living. As you know, there are now 130 Foyers across the UK, but I thought it might be helpful to give you an indication of areas with high deprivation indices where there are currently no operational Foyers:

AreaDeprivation index
North East
Derwentside12
Easington12
Middlesborough12
Redcar and Cleveland10
Hartlepool  9
Chester-le-Street  8
Sedgefield  7
Stockton-on-Tees  7
North West
Knowsley12 (in discussion)
Burnley  7
Oldham  6 (in discussion)
Barrow-in-Furness  5 (in discussion)
Yorkshire and the Humber
Kingston upon Hull13 (in discussion)
Barnsley11 (in discussion)
North East Lincolnshire10 (in discussion)
Rotherham  7
North Lincolnshire  6
Eastern
Great Yarmouth  6
Thurrock  5 (in discussion)
East Midlands
Leicester  5 (in discussion)
Bassetlaw  4
Chesterfield  4
West Midlands
Telford and the Wrekin  6
Cannock Chase  5
Nuneaton and Bedworth  5


  There are also other areas with lower deprivation indices but an identified local need, where we are in discussions about developing Foyers.

  I hope this information is helpful. If you would like anything further, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for giving the Foyer Federation the opportunity to participate in this inquiry.

Jane Slowey

Chief Executive





 
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