Secure Accommodation: Public Expenditure
(asked on 20th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much public money was spent by his Department on the procurement of places in secure children’s homes in calendar year 2022; how many secure children’s home beds were available on average each month as a result of that spending; and how many of those beds were in use on average each month in calendar year 2022.
This question was answered on 27th February 2023
In 2022, the Ministry of Justice spent £26,079,233 to procure 107 beds in Secure Children’s Homes. The attached table shows a monthly breakdown of spend and available beds. Not all Secure Children’s Home beds are for the Ministry of Justice.