Children in Care

Baroness Butler-Sloss Excerpts

Wednesday 12th October 2022 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)]

My Lords, I am a patron of a secure unit down in Exeter. One of its main concerns is a lack of funding to get sufficient staff and sufficient training. What will the strategy do about that?

[Baroness Barran (Con)]

I cannot anticipate exactly what the strategy with do, as the noble and learned Baroness is aware. The cost of a child or young person being in a secure unit is extremely high, and we will be looking at the detail of how we can make sure that recruitment needs are addressed.