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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. What discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on reintroduction of the post-study work visa. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The truth is that the options open to students for staying on after their studies are a second-rate substitute for a proper post-study work visa along the lines of what the UK once had and what our competitor countries still have. As Scotland seeks to continue sustainable levels of population …..."
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Written Question
Care Leavers: Asylum
Thursday 10th March 2016

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers who were aged 19, 20 or 21 in the years ending 31 March (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Answered by Edward Timpson

Data on the number of care leavers aged 19 to 21 years is published in table F1 of the statistical first release ‘Children looked after, including care leavers and adoption’[1].

Data is not published on the number of care leavers who were formerly unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015

Written Question
Care Leavers: Asylum
Wednesday 10th February 2016

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in full or part-time higher education aged between 19 and 21 in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children looked after by the local authority.

Answered by Edward Timpson

The information requested is shown in the table below. This information is for England only.

Care leaver activity [2]

Number of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children [1]

2014

2015

Higher education

20

40

Education other than higher education

100

260

Training or employment

40

130

Source: SSDA903

Information on the activity of all care leavers in England has been published in tables F1 of the Statistical First Release on looked after children[3].

[1] This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.

[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015

Written Question
Children in Care: Asylum
Wednesday 10th February 2016

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in part or full-time education other than higher education aged between 19 and 21 in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after by the local authority.

Answered by Edward Timpson

The information requested is shown in the table below. This information is for England only.

Care leaver activity [2]

Number of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children [1]

2014

2015

Higher education

20

40

Education other than higher education

100

260

Training or employment

40

130

Source: SSDA903

Information on the activity of all care leavers in England has been published in tables F1 of the Statistical First Release on looked after children[3].

[1] This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.

[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015

Written Question
Care Leavers: Asylum
Wednesday 10th February 2016

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in part or full-time training or employment aged between 19 and 21 in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after by the local authority.

Answered by Edward Timpson

The information requested is shown in the table below. This information is for England only.

Care leaver activity [2]

Number of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children [1]

2014

2015

Higher education

20

40

Education other than higher education

100

260

Training or employment

40

130

Source: SSDA903

Information on the activity of all care leavers in England has been published in tables F1 of the Statistical First Release on looked after children[3].

[1] This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.

[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015

Written Question
Care Leavers
Friday 5th February 2016

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers aged between 19 and 21 local authorities were in contact with in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015; and how many such care leavers were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Answered by Edward Timpson

Information on care leavers in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015, who were aged 19, 20 and 21 in 2013 and 2014 is not available. However, the information for care leavers aged 19, 20, or 21 in 2014 and 2015 is shown in the tables below:

Accommodation type2

All care leavers aged 19, 20 or 21

Of which, number that were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children¹

2014

2015

2014

2015

Suitable

20,570

21,010

240

550

Unsuitable

1,660

1,840

10

40

Source: SSDA903

All care leavers aged 19, 20 or 21 with whom the local authority were in touch

Of which, number that were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children¹

2014

2015

2014

2015

21,980

22,520

260

590

Source: SSDA903

Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

  1. This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.

  2. Suitability of accommodation is not recorded where the young person has gone abroad, been deported or where their residence is not known.

Written Question
Care Leavers: Asylum
Friday 5th February 2016

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 who were aged 19, 20 or 21 in 2013 and 2014 and housed in accommodation considered (i) suitable and (ii) unsuitable were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after by the local authority.

Answered by Edward Timpson

Information on care leavers in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015, who were aged 19, 20 and 21 in 2013 and 2014 is not available. However, the information for care leavers aged 19, 20, or 21 in 2014 and 2015 is shown in the tables below:

Accommodation type2

All care leavers aged 19, 20 or 21

Of which, number that were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children¹

2014

2015

2014

2015

Suitable

20,570

21,010

240

550

Unsuitable

1,660

1,840

10

40

Source: SSDA903

All care leavers aged 19, 20 or 21 with whom the local authority were in touch

Of which, number that were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children¹

2014

2015

2014

2015

21,980

22,520

260

590

Source: SSDA903

Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

  1. This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.

  2. Suitability of accommodation is not recorded where the young person has gone abroad, been deported or where their residence is not known.