Does this count as having been in local authority care?

I was in my local council's care for about a week when my mum was recovering from an operation.

Is this sufficient enough to put down on the UCAS app as having been in 'local authority care'?

Is it more like, 'Yes, technically that's correct, though it's not what the scheme was intended for, but technically you can put it down'?

No that's not long enough really

No that's not long enough really

That's what I had suspected.

But I couldn't find anything saying it had to be for any certain amount of time.

If you could point me towards something that says that, that would be awesome.

If there is no official time requirement though, then I will put it down anyway.

No that's not long enough really

When applying to university, the UCAS application form asks you if you have spent any time in care - even if it's just one day. If you say 'yes', you will not be labelled or judged and it will not affect your chances of success. This will simply help us to see which applicants may benefit from hearing a bit more about the range of support at NTU for care leavers (and people in care who are thinking of coming to University in the future).

What is your source for this?

I do school admissions appeals and although this precise situation would not count (for school admissions purposes a previous period in care has to end in a Residence Order, guardianship or adoption), I would certainly use a week in care as a baby to get a child to the front of a school admissions queue at 11 or 16.

This is what Trent says on the subject:-

For the "Have you been in care" question on UCAS there are the following options for "Duration in Care":
Less than a week
1 week - 3 months
3 months - 1 year
1 year to 3 years
3 years or more

So you can select "Yes" and then indicate the duration

I believe SLC have 3 months+ in care after 16 as the criteria to be an independent student.

Yes but the "care" flag is not just used by the SLC. It can help with university admissions decisions too.

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You are on point.

On a side issue and as you seem to know what the guidance notes say, can you tell me what the one relating to disclosure of a criminal record says about relevant offences? I just need to see the actual note to clear up an earlier query. Don't need an explanation. Thanks.

What is a relevant criminal conviction?
Relevant criminal offences include convictions, cautions, admonitions, reprimands, final warnings, bind over orders or similar involving one or more of the following:If your conviction involved an offence similar to those set out above, but was made by a court outside of Great Britain, and that conviction would not be considered as spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, you should declare it as you would any other unspent conviction.

Warnings, penalty notices for disorder (PNDs), anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) or violent offender orders (VOOs) are not classed as convictions for the purpose of this section, unless you have contested a PND or breached the terms of an ASBO or VOO and this has resulted in a criminal conviction

You are on point.

On a side issue and as you seem to know what the guidance notes say, can you tell me what the one relating to disclosure of a criminal record says about relevant offences? I just need to see the actual note to clear up an earlier query. Don't need an explanation. Thanks.

I just googled for the care info...

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Thanks. I was after the UCAS note though. It may or may nor be that they are the same. The gudiance notes seem only to be accessible from an UCAS account as you are filling out the form. I didnt mention UCAS in my post because I was following on from JNeils point where he was referenccing UCAS guidance notes. Thanks though, its just a point of niggling curiosity that someone raised.

it's easy to sign up for an Apply account.

PDF is the full help text for the criminal convictions question