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Care Leavers: Asylum |
| Question ID: |
1750933 |
| UIN: |
HL3551 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4950 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Murray of Blidworth
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Lord Murray of Blidworth
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether local authorities are required to continue to accommodate former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children for whom they had responsibility once those individuals are over the age of 18; and, if so, in what circumstance |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-03 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
Local authorities are responsible for accommodating all children in care and care leavers aged 16 or 17. When care leavers reach age 18, local authorities do not have an automatic duty to accommodate them. However, they do have continuing duties to help a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |