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Education and Skills

Asylum-seeking Children

Mr. Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps his Department takes to ensure that (a) the Hillingdon Judgment and (b) Local Authority Circular (2003)13 are applied by local authorities responsible for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. [76641]

Mr. Dhanda: The Department collects annual statistics through the National Data Collection exercise on the number of children, including unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), who become looked after and the age at which they cease to be looked after. These figures show how local authorities are supporting looked after children who are UASC.

Adherence to the framework set by statute, regulations and guidance, including that relating to Local Authority Circular (2003)13, together with
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making appropriate responses to judicial review and other case law judgments, are matters that are the responsibility of local authorities.

Mr. Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding is available from central Government to support local authorities in the discharge of their obligations towards asylum seeking children. [76642]

Mr. Dhanda: Since 2004-05, my Department established the UASC Leaving Care Grant to assist those authorities facing increased financial pressure arising from the impact of the Hillingdon Judgment. Local authorities which support substantial numbers of such young people are eligible to receive funding through the grant, to assist towards meeting the costs of supporting additional numbers of “former relevant children” under Section 23C of the Children Act 1989.


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In addition, the Home Office has, for a number of years, provided specific grant support to local authorities which support unaccompanied asylum seeking children aged under 18.

City Academies

Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children who attended city academies in the latest period for which figures are available had been statemented for special educational needs, broken down by academy; and if he will make a statement. [75371]

Mr. Dhanda: The available information is given in the table.

Final figures for 2006 are expected to be available by the end of June.


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Academies: number and percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs (SEN)( 1) . Position in January each year: 2005 and 2006 (provisional).
2005 2006 (provisional)
LA name Establishment name Number (headcount) of pupils Number (headcount) of pupils with statements of SEN Percentage of school population with statements of SEN( 2) Number (headcount) of pupils Number (headcount) of pupils with statements of SEN Percentage of school population with statements of SEN( 2)

Barnet

London Academy

1,199

53

4.4

1,252

53

4.2

Bexley

The Business Academy Bexley

1,379

76

5.5

1,013

51

5.0

Bradford

Dixons City Academy

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

1,082

16

1.5

Brent

Capital City Academy

911

20

2.2

969

26

2.7

Bristol, City of

The City Academy Bristol

1,095

41

3.7

1,181

42

3.6

Doncaster

Trinity Academy

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

1,233

29

2.4

Baling

West London Academy

1,129

26

2.3

847

24

2.8

Greenwich

St. Pauls Academy

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

634

42

6.6

Hackney

Mossbourne Community Academy

218

9

4.1

423

21

5.0

Haringey

Greig City Academy, Haringey

712

5

0.7

(4)n/a

(4)n/a

(4)n/a

Hillingdon

Stockley Academy

584

19

3.3

669

10

1.5

Hillingdon

The Harefield Academy

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

538

14

2.6

Kent

The Marlowe Academy

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

559

16

2.9

Lambeth

Lambeth Academy

184

12

6.5

358

12

3.4

Lewisham

Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

710

24

3.4

Lewisham

Haberdashers' Aske’s Hatcham College

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

1,334

23

1.7

Liverpool

The Academy of St. Francis of Assisi

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

567

7

1.2

Manchester

Manchester Academy

726

7

1.0

795

18

2.3

Middlesbrough

Macmillan Academy

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

1,461

7

0.5

Middlesbrough

Unity City Academy

1,123

32

2.8

1,075

27

2.5

Middlesbrough

The King’s Academy

1,042

95

9.1

1,097

94

8.6

Northamptonshire

Northampton Academy

1,244

33

2.7

1,281

41

3.2

Nottingham

Djanogly City Academy Nottingham

1,580

(5)?

(5)?

1,628

(5)?

(5)?

Salford

Salford City Academy

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

(3)n/a

560

6

1.1

Southwark

City of London Academy (Southwark)

361

22

6.1

574

28

4.9

Southwark

The Academy at Peckham

1,079

39

3.6

1,132

49

4.3

Walsall

Walsall Academy

630

17

2.7

755

24

3.2

(1) Excludes dually registered pupils. (2) The number of pupils with statements of SEN expressed as a percentage of the school population. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not available. Provisional data, outstanding survey return. (5) One or two pupils, or a rate based on one or two pupils. Source: Schools’ Census

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