Written question asked by Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 7 September 2023, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 September 2023. It was answered by Lord Murray of Blidworth (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 September 2023 on behalf of the Home Office.
Asylum: Children
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied child asylum seekers have been placed in HMP Elmley in Kent; and how many are still held there.
- Answer
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The Home Office does not collect data on the number of age dispute cases that have arisen in adult prisons and is unable to confirm the statistics referenced in the Guardian article, which are derived from local authority responses to an FOI request. Our published data on age assessment can be accessed here. Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Furthermore, the Home Office published data on age disputes aggregates the age disputes resolved by including the outcomes of initial age decisions by the Home Office taken at the point of first contact, comprehensive Merton compliant age assessments conducted by social workers and any subsequent legal challenge into one category.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL9991
- Session
- 2022-23
- Subjects
- Children Asylum HMP Elmley
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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