Secure Accommodation
(asked on 6th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average distance from home of young people accommodated in secure children's homes in each year since May 2010.
The average distances from home of young people accommodated in secure children’s homes since March 2010 are given in the table below.
Distance from home of young people accommodated in secure homes
Years ending 31 March 2010 to 2014
Coverage: England
Year | Number of children accommodated in secure homes at 31 March | Average distance of the secure home from young person’s home (miles)1,2,3 |
2010 | 200 | 62 |
2011 | 160 | 47 |
2012 | 180 | 55 |
2013 | 200 | 56 |
2014 | 200 | 72 |
Source: SSDA903 collection
1. Distance is measured in a straight line from the young person’s home to the secure home.
2. As at 31st March 2014 there were only 16 secure units operating in England therefore most placements will inevitably be at a distance from the young person’s home.
3. Based on children looked after who are placed in secure accommodation. A full list of secure accommodation can be found in table 2 of the Statistical First Release, “Children accommodated in secure children's homes: 31 March 2014” available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-secure-children-s-homes
Numbers of children are rounded to the nearest 10.