§ Earl Russellasked Her Majesty's Government:
What information they hold on the proportion of asylum seekers' children who have been found school places. [HL3320]
§ Baroness BlackstoneWe do not keep information centrally on numbers of asylum seeker children who have found school places. However the Refugee Council recently estimated that 63,000 of the 65,000 children of asylum seekers in this country have found school places. This is a tribute to schools and LEAs who work so hard to find places for these children.
We want schools and LEAs to make sure all children of asylum seekers get school places. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State announced that an extra £1.5 million would be available to secure places for all children of asylum seekers dispersed under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.