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 work | 8% | Full time work
| 24% |
| Part time work | 7% | Part time work
| 11% |
| Government training | 6% |
Government training | 23% |
| Student | 0% | Student
| 17% |
| Long term sick | 10% | Long term sick
| 9% |
| Other | 13% | Other
| 16% |
| Job Seeker | 42% |
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I thought your Committee would also be interested in these
other statistics:
| Characteristics on entry |
|
| Have been excluded from school | 10.5%
|
| Substance misuse | 12% |
| Mental health | 13% |
| Contact with criminal justice system | 25%
|
| Mobility impaired/wheelchair users | 3%
|
| Single parents | 3% |
| Refugee status | 2% (doesn't include asylum seekers)
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| Previous experiences |
|
| Previously slept rough | 14%
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| Slept on friends' floors | 26%
|
| Local authority care | 7%
|
| Foster parents | 3% |
| Custody | 3% |
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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:
| Area | Deprivation index
|
| North East | |
| Derwentside | 12 |
| Easington | 12 |
| Middlesborough | 12 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 10 |
| Hartlepool | 9 |
| Chester-le-Street | 8 |
| Sedgefield | 7 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 7 |
| North West | |
| Knowsley | 12 (in discussion)
|
| Burnley | 7 |
| Oldham | 6 (in discussion)
|
| Barrow-in-Furness | 5 (in discussion)
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| Yorkshire and the Humber |
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| Kingston upon Hull | 13 (in discussion)
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| Barnsley | 11 (in discussion)
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| North East Lincolnshire | 10 (in discussion)
|
| Rotherham | 7 |
| North Lincolnshire | 6
|
| Eastern | |
| Great Yarmouth | 6 |
| Thurrock | 5 (in discussion)
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| East Midlands | |
| Leicester | 5 (in discussion)
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| Bassetlaw | 4 |
| Chesterfield | 4 |
| West Midlands | |
| Telford and the Wrekin | 6
|
| Cannock Chase | 5 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 5
|
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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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