Secure Accommodation: Costs

(asked on 15th May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is a difference in the cost to the public purse of a child placed in a secure residential accommodation (a) on remand and (b) for other reasons.


Answered by
Phillip Lee Portrait
Phillip Lee
This question was answered on 23rd May 2018

The Ministry of Justice and Youth Custody Service have provided average cost per place per year for Secure Children’s Homes, Secure Training Centres and under-18 Young Offender Institutions and these costs are set out in Table 1. The prices used are for 2016-17 which are the latest available figures.

Table 1: Average price per place per year of secure Children’s Homes, Secure Training Centres and Under-18 Young Offender Institutions

Sector

Average price per place per year
(to the nearest £'000)

Secure Children's Homes (SCHs)

£210,000

Secure Training Centres (STCs)

£160,000

Under-18 Young Offender Institutions (YOIs)

£76,000

The services commissioned in secure residential accommodation are done so on the basis of meeting the individual needs of the young people accommodated there. There is not a standardised bed price for those placed in secure accommodation for either justice or welfare reasons.

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