Appendix 5: Distribution of unaccompanied migrant children in England
Tables received from Jo Wilding (UME0013). All figures relate to unaccompanied migrant children.
Authority |
Looked-after children |
Care-leavers |
|
LONDON (32 Authorities) |
||
|
London Borough of Croydon |
412 |
545 |
|
London Borough of Hillingdon |
106 |
218 |
|
London Borough of Islington |
53 |
81 |
|
London Borough of Enfield |
49 |
27 |
|
London Borough of Haringey |
48 |
56 |
|
London Borough of Brent |
48 |
44 |
|
London Borough of Hounslow |
37 |
80 |
|
London Borough of Barnet |
37 |
25 |
|
London Borough of Newham |
36 |
40 |
|
London Borough of Merton |
32 |
17 |
|
City of Westminster |
31 |
20 |
|
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
31 |
20 |
|
London Borough of Harrow |
29 |
unclear |
|
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham |
28 |
44 |
|
London Borough of Lewisham |
28 |
26 |
|
Royal Borough of Greenwich |
27 |
12 |
|
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham |
27 |
3 |
|
London Borough of Southwark |
26 |
37 |
|
London Borough of Waltham Forest |
24 |
45 |
|
London Borough of Ealing |
24 |
31 |
|
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
23 |
<5 |
|
London Borough of Havering |
20 |
8 |
|
London Borough of Bexley |
19 |
20 |
|
London Borough of Lambeth |
18 |
67 |
|
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames |
18 |
45 |
|
London Borough of Redbridge |
17 |
32 |
|
London Borough of Bromley |
17 |
30 |
|
London Borough of Wandsworth |
16 |
15 |
|
London Borough of Sutton |
13 |
19 |
|
London Borough of Camden |
10 |
69 |
|
London Borough of Hackney |
Not yet responded |
|
|
SOUTH EAST (18 Authorities) |
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|
Kent |
376 |
c. 400 |
|
Surrey |
119 |
446 |
|
Oxfordshire |
39 |
50 |
|
West Sussex |
34 |
61 |
|
Buckinghamshire |
17 |
20 |
|
Hampshire |
16 |
66 |
|
East Sussex |
16 |
10 |
|
West Berks |
10 |
25 |
|
Slough |
9 |
51 |
|
Portsmouth |
9 |
17 |
|
Brighton and Hove |
8 |
35 |
|
Windsor and Maidenhead |
8 |
10 |
|
Medway |
3 |
0 |
|
Southampton |
2 |
8 |
|
Wokingham |
2 |
2 |
|
Bracknell Forest |
<5 |
<5 |
|
Isle of Wight |
0 |
0 |
|
Reading |
refused |
refused |
|
SOUTH WEST (18 Authorities) |
||
|
City of Bristol |
16 |
5 |
|
Gloucestershire |
12 |
32 |
|
Wiltshire |
5 |
21 |
|
Plymouth |
3 |
9 |
|
Swindon |
2 |
7 |
|
North Somerset |
1-5 |
1-5 |
|
Devon |
<5 |
<5 |
|
Poole |
1 |
6 |
|
Somerset |
1 |
0 |
|
Torbay |
0 |
4 |
|
South Gloucestershire |
0 |
3 |
|
Bournemouth |
0 |
2 |
|
Bath and North East Somerset |
0 |
0 |
|
Cornwall |
0 |
0 |
|
Dorset |
0 |
0 |
|
Isles of Scilly |
0 |
0 |
|
WEST MIDLANDS (14 Authorities) |
||
|
Warwickshire |
49 |
96 |
|
Staffordshire |
46 |
10 |
|
Solihull |
43 |
119 |
|
Birmingham |
36 |
16 |
|
Coventry |
14 |
20 |
|
Worcestershire |
12 |
28 |
|
Sandwell |
9 |
10 |
|
Wolverhampton |
5 |
9 |
|
Herefordshire |
3 |
1 |
|
Shropshire |
3 |
1 |
|
Dudley |
2 |
2 |
|
Stoke-on-Trent |
1 |
12 |
|
Telford and Wrekin |
0 |
<5 |
|
Walsall |
0 |
0 |
|
EAST MIDLANDS (9 Authorities) |
||
|
Northamptonshire |
104 |
24 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
33 |
20 |
|
Lincolnshire |
29 |
34 |
|
Leicestershire |
9 |
50 |
|
Leicester |
7 |
8 |
|
Nottingham |
4 |
25 |
|
Derby |
4 |
2 |
|
Derbyshire |
<5 |
6 |
|
Rutland |
0 |
8 |
|
EAST ANGLIA (11 Authorities) |
||
|
Essex |
78 |
98 |
|
Hertfordshire |
46 |
51 |
|
Suffolk |
41 |
21 |
|
Thurrock |
30 |
23 |
|
Central Bedfordshire |
25 |
26 |
|
Bedford |
22 |
16 |
|
Peterborough |
16 |
8 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
13 |
35 |
|
Norfolk |
13 |
12 |
|
Luton |
12 |
24 |
|
Southend-on-Sea |
3 |
2 |
|
NORTH (15 Authorities) |
||
|
Leeds |
30 UAM (15 are UASC) |
70 UAM (46 UASC) |
|
Wakefield |
11 |
15 |
|
Sheffield |
11 |
13 |
|
Bradford |
10 |
28 |
|
Kingston upon Hull |
5 |
7 |
|
North Yorkshire |
<5 |
7 |
|
North East Lincolnshire |
3 |
2 |
|
Kirklees |
2 |
14 |
|
Rotherham |
1 |
4 |
|
Doncaster |
0 |
13 |
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
0 |
5 |
|
Barnsley |
0 |
4 |
|
Calderdale |
0 |
3 |
|
York |
0 |
0 |
|
North Lincolnshire |
No response |
|
|
NORTH EAST (12 Authorities) |
||
|
Newcastle upon Tyne |
5 |
29 |
|
Stockton-on-Tees |
5 |
<5 |
|
Durham |
3 |
3 |
|
Middlesbrough |
1 |
7 |
|
North Tyneside |
<5 |
<5 |
|
Northumberland |
0 |
3 |
|
Hartlepool |
0 |
<5 |
|
Redcar and Cleveland |
0 |
1 |
|
Darlington |
0 |
0 |
|
Gateshead |
0 |
0 |
|
Sunderland |
0 |
0 |
|
South Tyneside |
0 |
0 |
|
NORTH WEST (23 Authorities) |
||
|
Manchester |
25 |
78 |
|
Cheshire East |
16 |
16 |
|
Liverpool |
9 |
27 |
|
Salford |
4 |
13 |
|
Sefton |
4 |
0 |
|
Lancashire |
3 |
5 |
|
Warrington |
3 |
3 |
|
Halton |
3 |
3 |
|
Oldham |
2 |
6 |
|
Blackburn with Darwen |
1 |
3 |
|
Cheshire West |
1 |
0 |
|
Stockport |
<10 |
<10 |
|
Rochdale |
<5 |
<5 |
|
Bolton |
<5 |
<5 |
|
Bury |
<5 |
9 |
|
Wirral |
0 |
11 |
|
Trafford |
0 |
8 |
|
St. Helens |
0 |
2 |
|
Cumbria |
0 |
<5 |
|
Tameside |
0 |
0 |
|
Wigan |
0 |
0 |
|
Blackpool |
0 |
0 |
|
Knowsley |
No response |
|
Source: Written evidence from Jo Wilding (UME0013) [Note that Brighton and Kent gave information in interview, not in response to a FOI request]
Total 150, Responses 147, 2 non responses and one refusal
10 March 2016