Support for unaccompanied children and children in families
Question 1 Is an unaccompanied asylum seeking child (UASC) who starts receiving assistance from a local authority after the age of 16 ineligible for continuing support under the provisions of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 once they reach 18?
Question 2 Does the local authority acquire ‘parental responsibility’ for an unaccompanied asylum seeking child?
Question 3 Can Local Authorities lawfully accommodate and support a ‘failed asylum seeker with family’ or only the minor children of the family following the introduction of section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Act 2004?
Question 4 Is a disabled child of an asylum seeker receiving asylum support entitled to support from social services as “a child in need”?
Question 5 Can refugees apply for child benefit and guardian’s allowance?
Question 6 What financial assistance is available to pregnant women and parents with small children receiving 'asylum support' (previously NASS)?
Question 7 Does a local authority have a duty to continue assisting a ‘former relevant’ unaccompanied asylum seeking child beyond the age of 21?
Question 8 Is there a duty owed by a local children's authority to those claiming to be unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) detained at an immigration detention(removal) centre on the basis of a decision by an immigration officer that the UASC is 18 years or older?
Question 9 How should an asylum seeking child who has been granted Discretionary (or other kind of) Leave apply for a National Insurance Number?
Question 10At what point is a local authority entitled to withdraw or withhold ‘leaving care’ support from a former unaccompanied asylum seeker child (UASC) who has ceased to be ‘looked after’?
Question 11 Which former unaccompanied asylum seeking children may be provided with accommodation under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (section 4 support)?
Question 12 How do I complain about services provided to unaccompanied asylum seeking children by local children's authorities?
Question 13 Can a local authority lawfully “de-accommodate” an unaccompanied minor who it has previsouly been accommodating under section 20 of the Children Act 1989?
Question 14 What responsibilites do local authorities have towards families with children when the parent/s are destititute and have 'no recourse to public funds' (NRPF)?
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