Young Offenders

(asked on 31st January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on how many times an individual child was removed from association for periods (a) up to three days, (b) up to 14 days, (c) up to 21 days, (d) up to 42 days and (e) more than 42 days for each juvenile young offender institution in the 12 months to31 March 2022; and if he will break down those removals by the (i) age, (ii) sex, (iii) ethnicity of the children removed from association, (iv) number of children who were classed as disabled and (v) recorded reasons for those removals.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 13th February 2023

Young people are only temporarily separated from their peers as a very last resort to protect others. When this happens, they receive extra support from specially trained staff. We are bolstering training for every frontline officer, backed by £5m of funding, to improve care and support for all those in custody. Children are never separated as a punishment. The information relating to the number of separations is provided below:

Cookham Wood

Feltham

Parc

Werrington

Wetherby - Main

Wetherby - Keppel Unit

Period of Removal

(a) up to three days

39

25

86

10

7

#

(b) up to 14 days

138

80

9

68

100

16

(c) up to 21 days

23

#

0

13

52

#

(d) up to 42 days

20-25

#

0

5-10

17

#

(e) more than 42 days

#

0

0

#

#

#

Grand Total

225

112

95

99

177

27

(i) Age

15

14

#

#

6

12

0

16

54

24

34

29

46

#

17

112

65

45

52

87

19

18+

30

15-20

5-10

7

27

5-10

Grand Total

210

110

91

94

172

27

(ii) Sex

Male

210

110

91

94

170-180

22-27

Female

0

0

0

0

#

#

(iii) Ethnicity

Asian

5-10

5-10

0

10

#

0

Black

115

62

33

32

47

#

Mixed

22

13

12

12

23

#

Not Stated

#

0

#

0

0

0

Other

13

#

#

0

#

0

White

50

22

42

40

93

23

Grand Total

210

110

91

94

172

27

(iv) Disability

For the period in question, we are not able to provide information on a child’s or young person's disability status at the point they were separated, as this is a new reporting function, which came into effect for those who entered custody after April 2021.

(v) Reason for Removal

Prevent Harm to Others

122

100

#

72

145

14

Prevent Harm to Self

39

5-10

#

#

10-15

#

Self-Isolation

64

#

0

19

19

8-13

Pending Adjudication

0

0

89

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

#

#

0

Grand Total

225

112

95

99

177

27

Notes:
  • Source: bespoke returns from establishments, collated monthly.
  • Table includes completed separations ending on or after 1 April 2021 and those starting on or before 31 March 2022.
  • # indicates a value of 5 or fewer, which has been suppressed in order to prevent the possible identification of individuals.
  • Where a suppressed value could be calculated from other values, secondary suppression has been applied by providing a range that the true figure lies within.
  • Breakdowns (i) to (v) do not include cases where the information is not known.
  • This is internal management information and subject to change.

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