Secure Accommodation
(asked on 6th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average occupancy rate of a secure unit for youth offenders in England has been for each year for which data is available since 2010.
The table below shows average occupancy rates for the youth estate in England and Wales for the years ending March 2010 to March 2017.
| Year ending March | |||||||
Occupancy rate | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Secure Children's Homes | 85% | 86% | 91% | 86% | 80% | 73% | 82% | 92% |
Secure Training Centres | 84% | 88% | 93% | 85% | 89% | 85% | 83% | 75% |
Young Offender Institutions | 80% | 82% | 88% | 67% | 73% | 80% | 84% | 81% |
Total | 81% | 83% | 89% | 70% | 77% | 80% | 83% | 81% |
*It is not possible to provide the occupancy rates for establishments in England only without incurring disproportionate costs. There are only two establishments in Wales for children and young people we do not expect the occupancy rates to be significantly different when looking at England only.
*Occupancy rate is calculated by dividing the total youth custody population including 18 year olds held in the secure estate for children and young people by the number of beds available.
*Figures may not match those published in previous Youth Justice Statistics due to rounding or revisions.
*These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.