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Subject: Vietnamese UASCs

Reference: WBC-FOI-00949

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from [authority name/department]. Please may you provide me with:

1. The number of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) from Vietnam currently registered in your jurisdiction

2. The number of Vietnamese UASCs in your jurisdiction who are under 18 and, separately, between 18-25 years old

3. The percentage of UASCs who have left their English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses before completion in the past year (I.e. since January 2022)

4. The percentage of Vietnamese UASCs who have left their English courses before completion since January 2022

5. The number of Vietnamese UASCs who left their ESOL courses early since January 2022 to work in nail bars

6. A breakdown of the living arrangements for Vietnamese UASCs who left their Supported Living Placements since January 2022? Please send as a categorised breakdown I.e. X in council homes, X in private rental accommodation.

Please provide the information in a table.

Response

Part Disclosed - 14 March 2023

1.The number of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) from Vietnam currently registered in your jurisdiction

Answer: <5

2.The number of Vietnamese UASCs in your jurisdiction who are under 18 and, separately, between 18-25 years old

Answer: Under 18 - <5 / Over 18 - 12

3.The percentage of UASCs who have left their English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses before completion in the past year (I.e. since January 2022)

Answer: N/A as UASC figure is fewer than 5

4.The percentage of Vietnamese UASCs who have left their English courses before completion since January 2022

Answer: N/A

5.The number of Vietnamese UASCs who left their ESOL courses early since January 2022 to work in nail bars

Answer: N/A

6.A breakdown of the living arrangements for Vietnamese UASCs who left their Supported Living Placements since January 2022? Please send as a categorised breakdown I.e. X in council homes, X in private rental accommodation.

Answer: N/A

You will notice that the phrase 'fewer than 5' (<5) has been used in lieu of some exact figures above. This is because the Council considers that disclosure of very low numbers of individuals would enable the identification of a living individual from that information, or, from the information and other data in the possession of, or likely to come into the possession of, a data controller. Disclosure of the requested information would result in a breach of one or more of the principles of the GDPR/DPA 2018 and the information is therefore exempt in accordance with Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.

Please note that our responses were accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of release, and have not subsequently been updated. This information should be considered an historical record only.