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Mr. Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps his Department takes to ensure that (a) the Hillingdon Judgment and (b) Local Authority Circular (2003)13 are applied by local authorities responsible for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. 
Mr. Dhanda: The Department collects annual statistics through the National Data Collection exercise on the number of children, including unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), who become looked after and the age at which they cease to be looked after. These figures show how local authorities are supporting looked after children who are UASC.
Adherence to the framework set by statute, regulations and guidance, including that relating to Local Authority Circular (2003)13, together with
making appropriate responses to judicial review and other case law judgments, are matters that are the responsibility of local authorities.
Mr. Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding is available from central Government to support local authorities in the discharge of their obligations towards asylum seeking children. 
Mr. Dhanda: Since 2004-05, my Department established the UASC Leaving Care Grant to assist those authorities facing increased financial pressure arising from the impact of the Hillingdon Judgment. Local authorities which support substantial numbers of such young people are eligible to receive funding through the grant, to assist towards meeting the costs of supporting additional numbers of former relevant children under Section 23C of the Children Act 1989.
Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children who attended city academies in the latest period for which figures are available had been statemented for special educational needs, broken down by academy; and if he will make a statement. 
|Academies: number and percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs (SEN)( 1) . Position in January each year: 2005 and 2006 (provisional).|
|LA name||Establishment name||Number (headcount) of pupils||Number (headcount) of pupils with statements of SEN||Percentage of school population with statements of SEN( 2)||Number (headcount) of pupils||Number (headcount) of pupils with statements of SEN||Percentage of school population with statements of SEN( 2)|
|(1) Excludes dually registered pupils. (2) The number of pupils with statements of SEN expressed as a percentage of the school population. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not available. Provisional data, outstanding survey return. (5) One or two pupils, or a rate based on one or two pupils. Source: Schools Census|
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