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	date	06/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what policies are in place to ensure that newly arrived asylum seekers placed in Home Office initial accommodation have immediate access to the education system.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL1030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The issue of education provision for children seeking asylum is an important one and the Home Office makes every effort to ensure that families with children who claim asylum support have access to education at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>To enable access to education, internal checks are in place to triage applications involving children of school age for priority dispersal from initial accommodation facilities into permanent accommodation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/07/2016 13:06:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

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	date	06/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what policies are in place to ensure that refugees face no barriers to assimilation within the education system.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL1029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The government is wholly committed to ensuring that refugees who are resettled in the UK receive appropriate support and have a positive experience while they remain in the UK. Children with refugee or humanitarian protection status have access to the education system in the same way as citizen children.</p><p>A key factor in the successful integration of children from overseas into UK schools is their access to English language provision. Local authorities can include an ‘English as an additional language’ (EAL) factor in their funding formulae. Funding allocated through this factor forms part of the school’s core budget and it is for school leaders to determine how best to use their whole budget so that all children can reach their full potential.</p><p>Schools will need to demonstrate to Ofsted that any special educational needs of refugee children, as with all other children, are addressed satisfactorily.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/07/2016 16:52:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey