Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many records were made under Rule 36(4) of The Secure Training Centre Rules 1998 in respect of the removal of children from association at Oakhill secure training centre in the 12 months ending 31 March 2022; and if he will breakdown those figures by (i) age, (ii) sex, (iii) ethnicity of the children removed from association, (iv) the number of children who were classed as disabled and (v) the recorded reasons for such removal.

There are some occasions when it is necessary to remove young people from association because their behaviour is likely to be so disruptive that keeping them on ordinary location would be unsafe, or because their own safety and wellbeing cannot reasonably be assured by other means. Removal from association cannot be used as a punishment, and there are careful limits placed on the length of time for which young people can be separated.

Information to the 12 months ending 31 March 2022 is not yet available. In the 12 months ending 28 February 2022, which is the latest period for which information is available, there were 311 removals of children from association at Oakhill Secure Training Centre, broken down as follows:

Source: Bespoke returns from establishments collated centrally on a monthly basis

# indicates a value of 5 or fewer

The data are generated from internal management information. The entire period reported on is from a time of regime restrictions to counter the spread of Covid 19. Separations owing to Covid 19 are not included in the numbers presented.