FOI Request - Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
Request 101004030264
UPDATED REQUEST RECEIVED 23/07/2026
1.) a) Since 1 July 2016 how many individual Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children has your council looked after or been the corporate parent for?
[Clarification: Question 1) a) asks how many UASC the council has looked after in the last ten years (so between 1/07/2016 and 1/07/2026). ]
b) As at 1 July 2026, how many of those individuals (including those who have since turned 18) had an open missing episode or were recorded as missing?
[Clarification: 1) b) asks for the number of UASC (some of whom are now adults) who were still missing on 1 July 2026]
C) How many of these have been continuously missing for more than one month? How many have been missing for more than six months? How many have been missing for more than a year? [Clarification: 1) C) asks for data regarding the length of their current missing incident]
2) a) Of the people in 1.) b) How many of these are still under the age of 18 ?
b) Of the people in 1.) b) How many of these are now over 18?
c) Of the people in 1.) b) please provide a breakdown by ages at which they went missing (ie - how many went missing at age 14, how many at age 15, etc)
[Clarification: 2) c) asks for the age of those people at the start of their current missing incident]
d) Please break down the figures in 1.) b) by sex
g) Please break down the figures in 1.) b) by nationality
3) a) Of the people in 1.) b) Please provide me with the age and nationality of three girls who were youngest on the dates they went missing. [Their age at the dates their current missing incident began]
b) Of the people in 1.) b)Please provide me with the age and nationality of three boys who were youngest on the dates they went missing. [Their age at the dates when their current missing incident began]