Written questions

Children in Care: Asylum

2026-05-19 · Department for Education · 3662 · Official question

Nadia Whittome

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of increases in deaths of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people, in the context of the findings of the report 'Deaths of unaccompa

Answer

The government is determined to address the shockingly high number of early deaths among care experienced young people, including unaccompanied asylum- seeking children and care leavers, who can be some of the most vulnerable people in our society due to ...