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Written question asked by Rudi Vis (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 October 2009. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 November 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Young People: Remand in Custody

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many children have been placed in each secure training centre by local authorities whilst on remand in each month in the last two years.
Answer

The decision as to whether to remand a young person under 18 to custody is entirely for the courts. The Youth Justice Board has the authority to place young people into custody, including secure training centres, on behalf of the Secretary of State. The table sets out the number of occasions on which young people have been remanded to secure training centres between September 2007 and August 2009.The data have been provided by the Youth Justice Board and are drawn from administrative computer systems. As with any large scale recording system, the data are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and may be subject to change over time.

Secure training centre
Hassockfield Medway Oakhill Rainsbrook
September 2007 1 7 1 7
October 2007 3 4 2 5
November 2007 7 5 6 3
December 2007 8 5 2 6
January 2008 6 3 13 7
February 2008 4 5 7 14
March 2008 8 4 0 8
April 2008 3 5 0 4
May 2008 5 4 7 2
June 2008 4 3 3 7
July 2008 5 8 9 7
August 2008 9 6 12 8
September 2008 5 4 6 10
October 2008 7 5 16 9
November 2008 4 4 11 10
December 2008 4 3 7 3
January 2009 6 6 18 8
February 2009 3 3 15 9
March 2009 7 2 11 12
April 2009 7 2 9 9
May 2009 11 7 9 10
June 2009 7 10 11 12
July 2009 10 2 13 9
August 2008 9 2 14 4

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
296965; 498 c1025-7W
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Remand in custody Secure training centres
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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