Secure Accommodation: Location

(asked on 1st February 2023) - View Source
Questioner
Ellie Reeves Portrait
Ellie Reeves
(Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average distance is for a child residing in a secure children's home between that home and their previous address.

Answered by
Claire Coutinho Portrait
Claire Coutinho
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
This question was answered on 9th February 2023

Neither the department or the Secure Welfare Coordination Unit publishes data relating to the average distance for a child residing in a secure children's home (SCH) via the welfare route, between that home and their previous address. For children who have been sentenced or remanded, the average distance from home to the secure children home has been provided below.

Average distance from home, November 2022

Distance from Home (miles)

Mean

53.8

Median

42.0

  • Data source: Further breakdown of the Youth Custody Population Report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-custody-data.
  • These figures are a monthly snapshot of the custodial population, taken on the last day of the month. To note that the data for November 2022 is provisional.
  • Distance is measured in miles and is the direct geographical distance between the child or young person’s home to establishment.

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