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Written question asked by Baroness Stern (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord McNally (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 27 July 2010.

Secure Training Centres: Physical Restraint

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many injuries on children to (a) the face, (b) the neck, (c) shoulders, (d) ribs, (e) thumbs, (f) wrists, and (g) other areas of the body, following a restraint incident were recorded in each of the last five years in each of the four secure training centres.
Answer

The table below shows the number of injuries to (a) the face, (b) the neck, (c) shoulders, (d) ribs, (e) thumbs, (f) wrists, and (g) other areas of the body following a restraint incident in each of the secure training centres during the 12 months from 1 June 2009 to 31 May 2010, the most recent period for which figures are available. These figures have been provided by the Youth Justice Board. Analysing the individual reports to obtain this information over whole of the five-year period requested could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.

Injuries following restraint incidents, June 2009-May 2010
Face Neck Shoulders Ribs Thumbs Wrists Other
Medway 1 6 6 0 1 0 36
Rainsbrook 0 7 2 0 1 3 26
Oakhill 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hassockfield 5 0 0 0 0 0 16

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1567; 720 c349WA
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Injuries Young offenders Restraint techniques Secure training centres
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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