Should children with legal status V1 be counted as eligible?
The Children Leaving Care Act defines an eligible young person as one who is aged 16 or 17, who has been looked after by the local authority for a total of 13 weeks since the age of 14, and remains looked after. A relevant young person is defined in the Act as a young person who was previously an eligible young person but who is no longer looked after and is under the age of 18.Therefore, V1 status in itself would not make the child eligible – it is how long they have been receiving respite care. Q: Please could you confirm what is meant by the as required are we counting a) The number of children with a Pathway Plan at 31st March or b) The number of children with a Pathway Plan at 31st March that was in place within 3 months of their 16th birthday Also what do we do about the young people who were eligible etc at 31st March, but were not due to have Pathway Plans until place until after this date ? I.e. those young people who turned 16 during the 3 months before 31st March. Should we
