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How many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are looked after by each local authority?
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Why
The Department for Education "Children looked after in England including adoptions" publishes the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after at 31 March by local authority (dataset "CLA on 31 March by characteristics - LA", annual). National and regional figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and small local counts are suppressed. Home Office National Transfer Scheme figures appear in the quarterly asylum support transparency data; whether they are by region or by authority could not be confirmed from the page.
What is known
What is not known
- National Transfer Scheme transfers by receiving authority (unconfirmed)
- Not yet ingested here; the Department for Education is not a registered publisher
Who holds the data
- Department for Education
- Home Office (National Transfer Scheme)
- Local authorities
Would a Freedom of Information request help?
Unlikely. The local authority table is published annually; suppressed cells would stay suppressed under a request.
Privacy and disclosure restrictions
Counts under a threshold are shown as "c"; national and regional figures are rounded to 10.
Official sources checked
- https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/4cd4f681-d54b-4835-97dc-426bb6b7b99e
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rasi-resettlement-asylum-support-and-integration-data-q4-2024
Last reviewed 2026-09-02. Availability changes; if a publication now answers this question, challenge the classification below.