United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL6875
Asylum: Children
Introduced
27 March 2023
Last action
12 April 2023 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
Source updated
12 April 2023
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government who has statutory responsibility for unaccompanied children seeking asylum who are in interim accommodation provided by the Home Office before they are placed under the care of a local authority.
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27 March 2023
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government who has statutory responsibility for unaccompanied children seeking asylum who are in interim accommodation provided by the Home Office before they are placed under the care of a local authority.
Source: Lords
12 April 2023
Answer
Whilst an unaccompanied child is in interim accommodation provided by the department, the Home Office will do whatever is reasonable to safeguard and promote the child’s welfare. However, this does not impact the statutory duties owed to unaccompanied chi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-27/HL6875
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1607659
- uk · wq-1607659 · source updated 12 April 2023