Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5302 on Werrington Young Offender Institution: Abuse, what support the Youth Custody Service has provided to to Werrington Youth Offender Institute to help reduce the number of safeguarding referrals made by that institute.
The Youth Custody Service Safeguarding Team have completed several support visits to HMYOI Werrington in recent months to help them improve their safeguarding practices and ensure new processes are being embedded effectively. This also includes a recent visit from the Head of Operations in the week commencing 11 December 2023. The Safeguarding Team also ensured that HMYOI Werrington have an effective triage system for all child protection referrals that arise at the site, ensuring that the site’s safeguarding team review all referrals in a timely manner and if required, refer immediately to a child’s Local Authority Designated Officer.