EU settlement scheme and looked after children

1. How many looked after children or care leavers in your authority area are EU, European Economic Area (EEA), Swiss national children, or children who may be eligible to apply for the Settlement Scheme through a family member as of 30 June 2021? 

10

2. How many looked after children or care leavers in your authority area are EU, European Economic Area (EEA), Swiss national children, or children who may be eligible to apply for the Settlement Scheme through a family member as of 31st July 2021?

11

3. How many looked after children or care leavers in your authority area have in total were supported to undertake an EU Settlement Scheme application during the life of the scheme (between March 2019- 30 June 2021)?

5

(This relates to EU, European Economic Area (EEA), Swiss national children, or children who may be able to apply for the Settlement Scheme through a family member). 

4. How many looked after children or care leavers in your authority area have received a status (including where possible a breakdown of how many have received settled and how many have received pre-settled status or other outcomes where relevant) under the EU Settlement Scheme between March 2019- June 2021?

5

5. How many looked after children or care leavers in your authority area have been supported to undertake a late application to the EU Settlement Scheme to date i.e., supported to make an application after 30 June 2021?

0

 6. How many looked after children or care leavers in your authority area were supported to submit an application before the deadline (i.e., June 30, 2021) but have not received a status (settled or pre settled status) as of 10th August 2021? 

A response to this question above may identify the children/care leavers in question and would therefore risk a public disclosure of their identity. This would be a breach of the first data protection principle and this information is therefore exempt from disclosure pursuant to section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 7. Do you routinely record the nationality of looked after children or care leavers in your local authority area?

Yes

(The above questions relate to EU, European Economic Area (EEA), Swiss national children, or children who may be able to apply for the Settlement Scheme through a family member).