Human Rights assessments - Find a freedom of information request

Request
  1. How many human rights assessments you have carried out to assess statutory support exclusions for EEA Nationals (non-British) in the period January 2015-present day in your authority area[1]?
  2. How many people were deemed to be eligible for local authority assistance after a completed Human Rights Assessment had been undertaken in the period January 2015- present day?
  3. If a person requesting assistance is in an excluded group (i.e. EEA National), social services will undertake a human rights assessment and will firstly consider whether the person or family can freely return to their country of origin. Information on your policy of reconnecting EU Migrants [2] - if so what is your policy and what is your process for reconnecting someone? For the purposes of this request, reconnection is defined as the process of supporting EU Citizens to return, in a planned way, to an area where they have family and social networks and/or where they can access accommodation.
  4. Information on the number of people who have been supported through a reconnection service to another part of the UK or to return to country of origin as well as information on the age, gender, nationality and marital status of those who have accessed a reconnection service. Are children included in the reconnection process? I request this information for period January 2015-present day in your authority area. This includes where the reconnection is done by agents or third party organisations.
  5. Information on what destinations within the EU you have reconnected people to, and the numbers to each destination January 2015- present day. Information on the source of funding for reconnecting/ supporting people to another part of the UK/ return to their country of origin January 2015-present day including whether central government money is used to pay for reconnection or it comes from local authority sources and an indicative (or if easier average) cost of each reconnection Jan 15- Present Day.
 

[1] When a person or parent is in a group excluded from social services support, this means that social services can only provide housing and financial support when this is necessary to prevent a breach of the person or family's human rights or rights under the European treaties. When the exclusion applies, social services will need to carry out a human rights assessment as well as a needs assessment to establish whether help can be given.

Decision

1.There were zero human rights assessments carried out to assess statutory support exclusions for EEA Nationals (non-British) in the period January 2015-present day in your authority area.

2.There were zero people deemed to be eligible for local authority assistance after a completed Human Rights Assessment had been undertaken in the period January 2015- present day.

3.Lincolnshire County Council have done a few DUBS assessments, the outcome of these is unknown.

4.N/a

5.N/a

 

Information correct as at December 2019

Reference number
FOI0715
Date request received
22 November 2019
Date of decision
04 December 2019