Young Offender Institutions: Inspections

(asked on 5th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the (a) most recent inspection outcome for each institution in the secure estate and (b) the last date on which each institution in the secure estate was last classified as good.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 11th December 2023

HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) are the primary inspectorate responsible for inspecting Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in England and Wales.

Ofsted are the primary inspectorate responsible for assessing Oakhill Secure Training Centre, supported by HMIP and Secure Children’s Homes in England. Ofsted also inspect education delivery at the YOIs in England.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspect healthcare across all English settings.

Care Inspectorate Wales (CiW) are the primary inspectorate responsible for assessing Hillside Secure Children’s Home, with Estyn inspecting their education delivery. Additionally, Estyn inspect the education delivery at Parc YOI.

The outcomes of these inspections are published on their respective websites:

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