FOI Request - Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Deemed as Adults

Request 101003702216

1.  In the calendar year of 2024 (January to December), how many individuals claiming to be children (aged under 18) were referred to your children’s services department having previously been assessed to be an adult by the Home Office and placed in adult asylum accommodation or detention?

2.  Of those referred, how many were subsequently accepted as, or assessed to be, under 18 by your children’s services department?

Response 12-02-2025

1. & 2. Due to the low numbers associated with this response may result in the identification of individuals, therefore numbers between 1 and 5 have been redacted. This response is exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - personal information.