Written question asked by David TC Davies (Conservative) on Monday, 24 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 October 2016. It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 December 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.
Asylum: Children
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children arriving in the UK have been given a dental check-up in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Answer
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Unaccompanied asylum seeking children arriving in the UK are transferred to the care of a local authority. The local authority will arrange for the child’s health to be assessed and for a health plan to be drawn up. This will include dental care. Central records are not kept of the number of dental check-ups given to such children.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 49879
- Session
- 2016-17
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Children Dental services Asylum
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2016-12-21 12:21:22 +0000
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