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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.
| 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
|
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|
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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