1a) What is the total number of asylum seeking children (UASCs) the council has had in its care between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2020 inclusive? ie. the total number of UASCs the council had in its care at any point during these years.
Devon County Council has had 55 UASC’s in it care between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2020
1b) If possible please break this figure down by calendar year. ie. How many individual UASCs did the council care for at some point in each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020?
| Calendar Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Total | 23 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 25 |
2.What were the nationalities/country of origin of the children in question 1a? And how many UASCs of each nationality/country of origin did the council care for?
The Nationalities children identified in question 1a are as follows:
| Nationality | Total |
| Afghanistan | 9 |
| Vietnam | 15 |
| Iran | * |
| Sudan | 9 |
| Eritrea | 7 |
| China | * |
| Iraq | * |
| Unknown | * |
| Palestine | * |
| Albania | * |
* Devon County Council consider this information is exempt under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (Personal Data).
Devon County Council recognises that there is a public interest in openness and transparency. however, we are not obliged to provide information that is the personal information of another person if releasing would contravene any of the provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018.
In this instance we believe that the release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore section 40(2) is applied
3.Of the children in question 1a, how many have gone missing and not yet been found?
4. In which years did the children in question 3. go missing and how many went missing in each year?
5. What were the nationalities/country of origin of the children in question 3? And how many missing UASCs of each nationality/country of origin are there? (For the whole five year period, not broken down by year)
6 . What were the ages of the children in question 3? And how many children of each age are there? (For the whole five year period, not broken down by year)
Devon County Council consider this information for all of the above questions, is exempt under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (Personal Data).
Devon County Council recognises that there is a public interest in openness and transparency. however, we are not obliged to provide information that is the personal information of another person if releasing would contravene any of the provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018.
In this instance we believe that the release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore section 40(2) is applied