Vietnamese Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children 

29 March 2023

Your request

The number of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) from Vietnam currently registered in your jurisdiction

The number of Vietnamese UASCs in your jurisdiction who are under 18 and, separately, between 18-25 years old

The percentage of UASCs who have left their English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses before completion in the past year (I.e. since January 2022)

The percentage of Vietnamese UASCs who have left their English courses before completion since January 2022

The number of Vietnamese UASCs who left their ESOL courses early since January 2022 to work in nail bars

A breakdown of the living arrangements for Vietnamese UASCs who left their Supported Living Placements since January 2022? Please send as a categorised breakdown I.e. X in council homes, X in private rental accommodation.

Our response

The number of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) from Vietnam currently registered in your jurisdiction 

Less than 5 UASC currently registered with us

We are unable to provide precise figures when these are five or less due to the risk that individuals will be identified, as we are required to protect their identity under the Data Protection Act.

In such circumstances sections 40(2) and (3) of the Freedom of Information Act apply.  In this case, our view is that disclosure would breach the first data protection principle. 

This states that personal data should be processed fairly and lawfully. It is the fairness aspect of this principle which, in our view, would be breached by disclosure. In such circumstances section 40 confers an absolute exemption on disclosure. There is, therefore, no public interest test to apply.  

The number of Vietnamese UASCs in your jurisdiction who are under 18 and, separately, between 18-25 years old 

We have less than 5 under 18 (UASCs from Vietnam  and 6  care leavers from Vietnam between 18-25. 

We are unable to provide precise figures when these are five or less due to the risk that individuals will be identified, as we are required to protect their identity under the Data Protection Act.

In such circumstances sections 40(2) and (3) of the Freedom of Information Act apply.  In this case, our view is that disclosure would breach the first data protection principle. 

This states that personal data should be processed fairly and lawfully. It is the fairness aspect of this principle which, in our view, would be breached by disclosure. In such circumstances section 40 confers an absolute exemption on disclosure. There is, therefore, no public interest test to apply.  

The percentage of UASCs who have left their English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses before completion in the past year (I.e. since January 2022) 

We have less than 5 UASCs at the moment who is doing the ESOL course – Vietnam

We are unable to provide precise figures when these are five or less due to the risk that individuals will be identified, as we are required to protect their identity under the Data Protection Act.

In such circumstances sections 40(2) and (3) of the Freedom of Information Act apply.  In this case, our view is that disclosure would breach the first data protection principle.  

This states that personal data should be processed fairly and lawfully. It is the fairness aspect of this principle which, in our view, would be breached by disclosure. In such circumstances section 40 confers an absolute exemption on disclosure. There is, therefore, no public interest test to apply.

The percentage of Vietnamese UASCs who have left their English courses before completion since January 2022 

All our UASC from  Vietnam were on training whilst they were under 18 ( UASC)  

The number of Vietnamese UASCs who left their ESOL courses early since January 2022 to work in nail bars 

No UASC from Vietnam( under 18) left the course to work in Nail bars.

A breakdown of the living arrangements for Vietnamese UASCs who left their Supported Living Placements since January 2022? Please send as a categorised breakdown I.e. X in council homes, X in private rental accommodation.

No UASC (who are under 18) left their placement