Knox, Graham

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Statistical  First Release      SFR 16/2012  24 July 2012  Coverage:  England and Wales  Theme: Health, well-being and care            Issued by Department for Education Sanctuary Buildings Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BT  Telephone: Press Office 020 7925 6789 Public Enquiries 0370 000 2288  Statistician Graham Knox    Email info@education.gsi.gov.uk  Internet http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/             CHILDREN ACCOMMODATED IN SECURE CHILDREN’S HOMES AT 31 MARCH 2012: ENGLAND AND WALES   INTRODUCTION  This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides figures on the number of secure children’s homes in England and Wales along with the number of places approved and number of children accommodated.  Secure children’s homes are children’s homes which provide a locked environment and restrict a young person’s liberty. They provide care and accommodation to children and young people who have been detained or sentenced by the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and those who have been remanded to secure local authority (LA) accommodation. They also accommodate and care for children and young people who have been placed there on welfare grounds by LAs and the courts. Secure children’s homes provide the young people with support tailored to their individual needs; to achieve this they have a high ratio of staff to young people and are generally small facilities.  The number of places approved for use has decreased from last year but the number of children accommodated has risen, resulting in a large increase in the occupancy rate. However, both numbers of places approved and children accommodated are small so even a small increase or decrease can result in a big change in occupancy rates.  KEY POINTS  • The number of secure children’s homes open at 31 March 2012 in England and Wales was 17; no change from the previous year. There were 19 homes open at 31 March 2008.  • 239 children were accommodated in secure children’s homes in England and Wales at 31 March 2012 – 221 in England and 18 in Wales. The total for England and Wales represents a rise of 8 per cent from 2011 but a 15 per cent decrease from 2008.  • At 31 March 2012, there were 300 approved places in England and Wales, a decrease of 4 per cent from the previous year. This represents a fall of 12 per cent from 31 March 2008.  • 183 approved places were contracted to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) (61 per cent of approved places), a decrease of 4 per cent from last year and a 19 per cent decrease from 2008. These numbers have decreased over the past five years. Figure 1: Number of places approved, children accommodated and places contracted to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) from 2008 to 2012 in secure children’s homes in England and Wales    • 80 per cent of approved places in England and Wales were occupied, an increase of 10 percentage points from 2011. There was a large decrease in the occupancy rate between 2010 and 2011, from 83 per cent to 70 per cent. Therefore the large increase between 2011 and 2012 brings figures back in line with 2008 to 2010.  Table 1: Occupancy rates in secure children’s homes in England and Wales at 31 March, 2008 to 2012  Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Occupancy rate (%) 81 86 83 70 80  • Of the total number of children accommodated in England and Wales, 66 per cent were male and 34 per cent female (the same as in 2008), compared with 69 per cent and 31 per cent in 2011.   • There was an increase of 4 percentage points in children placed by the local authority on welfare grounds (child placed, under section 25 of the Children Act 1989, for the protection of himself and/or others1), from 28 per cent of children accommodated in 2011, to 32 per cent in 2012. The figure for 2012 is similar to 2009 and 2010. However numbers are small so percentages are volatile.                                                   1 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/part/III/crossheading/secure-accommodation Figure 2: Percentage of children accommodated in secure children’s homes in England and Wales from 2008 to 2012 by type of placement at 31 March     TABLES   Table Title Coverage Years 1 Places approved and children accommodated in secure children's homes at 31 March by gender, age, length of stay and type of placement (numbers and percentages) England and Wales 2008-20122 Places approved and available, and children accommodated at 31 March 2012 by individual secure children's homes (numbers and percentages) Secure Home level, England and Wales 2012 3 Places approved and children accommodated in secure children's homes at 31 March by gender, age, length of stay and type of placement (numbers and percentages) England 2008-2012 The tables are also available in Excel format on the Department’s website: http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001078/index.shtml   TECHNICAL NOTES  Background  1. In England and Wales there are three types of secure accommodation in which children and young people can be placed. These are secure training centres, young offender institutions and secure children’s homes. This Statistical First Release provides figures on children accommodated in secure children’s homes. Data on secure training centres and young offender institutions are published separately, see link under Related Publications.  2. Secure children’s homes are children’s homes which provide a locked environment and restrict a young person’s liberty. They provide care and accommodation to children and young people who have been detained or sentenced by the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and those who have been remanded to secure local authority (LA) accommodation. They also accommodate and care for children and young people who have been placed there on welfare grounds by LAs and the courts. Secure children’s homes provide the young people with support tailored to their individual needs; to achieve this they have a high ratio of staff to young people and are generally small facilities.   3. Information has been derived from statistical data reported to the Department by all secure children’s homes in England and Wales that were open at 31 March 2012.  4. The Statistical First Release contains information for both England and Wales due to a long-standing agreement with the Welsh Government that DfE will report on the single secure children’s home in Wales. The combined figures for England and Wales are presented as the main figures, as cross-border placements mean that Welsh children may be accommodated in English secure children’s homes and vice versa. Figures for England are available separately in the Statistical First Release.  Data Quality and Uses of Data  5. Information on data quality issues and the uses made of the data on children accommodated in secure children’s homes is available in a separate document available here: http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001078/index.shtml  Methodology  6. A detailed account of the methods used to collect and calculate the data used in this publication is available here: http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001078/index.shtml  Confidentiality  7. In order to ensure confidentiality of children, the following suppression conventions have been used in this statistical release:   Any numbers less than 6 (1 to 5 inclusive) have been suppressed and have been replaced by an ‘x’. It has been necessary to suppress other figures whenever it would be possible to calculate the value of a suppressed number by means of simple arithmetic. The rule applied in these circumstances has been to suppress the next smallest data item.  Percentages are displayed to the nearest whole number but where the numerator between 1 and 5 inclusive, they have been suppressed.  Where any number is shown as zero (0), the original figure submitted was zero.  A ‘.’ represents data not applicable.  National Statistics  8. This is a National Statistics publication. National Statistics are produced to high professional standards set out in the National Statistics Code of Practice. They undergo regular quality assurance reviews to ensure that they meet customer needs. They are produced free from any political interference.  Related Publications  9. The Ministry of Justice publishes monthly statistics on children and young people within secure children's homes, secure training centres (STCs) and young offender institutions (YOIs).  These figures are available at:  http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/statistics-and-data/youth-justice/custody-data.htm  10. Figures on the number of children accommodated in secure children’s homes in Scotland are available here: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/7586/0. Northern Ireland does not produce statistics relating specifically to secure accommodation.  Consultation and Queries  User Consultation  11. In 2011 users were invited to comment on the format and content of this publication via the DfE Research and Statistics Gateway, available at: http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/onlinesurveys.shtml  No responses were received so the format and content of this publication remains unchanged from previous years.  12. If you would like to be involved in future consultations, please get in touch (contact details can be found in the next section).  Queries  13. Any queries or comments on the statistics in this publication should be addressed to:  Jessica Ashton Department for Education Mowden Hall Staindrop Road Darlington DL3 9BG Email: jessica.ashton@education.gsi.gov.uk Telephone: 01325 735 768  Press enquiries should be made to the Department’s Press Office at:  Press Office News Desk Department for Education Sanctuary Buildings Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT Telephone number: 020 7925 6789 numbers  percentagesAt 31 March 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012Number of secure children's homes 19 19 17 17 17 . . . . .Places approved 340 340 310 314 300 . . . . .Children accommodated 280 290 260 221 239 . . . . .Occupancy rate1 (%) . . . . . 81 86 83 70 80Places contracted to Youth Justice Board¹ 225 220 190 190 183 65 65 61 61 61Gender²Male 185 190 165 152 157 66 65 64 69 66Female 95 100 95 69 82 34 35 36 31 34Age²Aged under 12 x 0 x 0 x x 0 x 0 xAged 12 x x 5 x x x x 3 x xAged 13 35 30 30 22 22 13 10 12 10 9Aged 14 95 100 70 45 62 34 34 27 20 26Aged 15 90 90 90 70 72 33 31 34 32 30Aged 16 45 50 45 65 62 15 18 17 29 26Aged 17 10 15 15 x 11 3 5 6 x 5Aged 18 and over 0 0 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 xLength of stay²Under 1 month 65 70 50 49 49 23 23 20 22 211 to < 3 months 110 100 90 76 85 39 34 34 34 363 to < 6 months 50 70 50 51 56 18 24 20 23 236 to < 12 months 40 45 45 29 36 15 15 17 13 1512 to < 24 months 10 10 15 x x 4 4 7 x x24 months or more x 0 x x x x 0 x x xType of Placement²Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Justice Board 190 170 130 146 146 69 59 51 66 61Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context 25 25 30 13 17 9 9 12 6 7Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds 60 95 95 62 76 22 32 37 28 32Source:  DfE SA1 SurveyFor 2011 and 2012:x represents a number between 1 and 5 inclusive, or a percentage based on a numerator between 1 and 5 inclusive.To protect the suppressed number, secondary suppression may be required in some cases.Table 1: Places approved and children accommodated in secure children's homes at 31 March by gender, age, length of stay and type of placement (numbers and percentages)Year: 2008 - 2012Coverage: ENGLAND and WALES(1) Percentages are based on the number of approved places. Percentages for 2008 to 2010 are based on unrounded figures.(2) Percentages are based on the number of children accommodated. Percentages for 2008 to 2010 are based on unrounded figures.. Not ApplicableFor 2010 and earlier:x represents a number between 1 and 5 inclusive, or a percentage based on a numerator between 1 and 5 inclusive.Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.Year: 2012numbers and percentagesNumber Number Number Occupancyof places of places of children rate (%)1approved available accommodatedAll Secure Homes 300 288 239 80Beechfield x x x xSt Catherines 12 12 x xAtkinson Unit 14 10 9 64Swanwick Lodge 16 16 14 88Clare Lodge 16 16 10 63Leverton Hall 16 12 11 69Lansdowne x x x xAldine House 8 8 8 100Lincolnshire 12 12 11 92Redbank2 29 29 22 76Barton Moss 20 20 17 85Kyloe House 12 12 10 83Clayfields House 18 18 14 78Vinney Green 24 24 24 100Aycliffe Centre 42 38 32 76East Moor 27 27 25 93Neath Hillside3 22 22 18 82Source:  DfE SA1 SurveyTable 2: Places approved and available, and children accommodated at 31 March 2012 by individual secure children's homes (numbers and percentages)(3) Secure children's home in Wales.To protect the suppressed number, secondary suppression may be required in some cases.Coverage: ENGLAND and WALESSecure children's home(1) Percentages are based on the number of places approved.(2) Redbank includes secure children's homes Newton House North, Newton House South, Vardy House and Willows House.x represents a number between 1 and 5 inclusive, or a percentage based on a numerator between 1 and 5 inclusive.Year: 2008 - 2012numbers percentagesAt 31 March 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012Number of secure children's homes 18 18 16 16 16 . . . . .Places approved 325 320 295 292 278 . . . . .Children accommodated 265 275 240 202 221 . . . . .Occupancy rate (%)1 . . . . . 81 85 82 69 79Places contracted to Youth Justice Board¹ 210 205 175 173 166 65 64 60 59 60Gender2Male 175 175 145 134 145 66 64 61 66 66Female 90 100 95 68 76 34 36 39 34 34Age2Aged under 12 x 0 x 0 x x 0 x 0 xAged 12 x 5 5 x x x 2 3 x xAged 13 35 30 30 19 21 13 11 13 9 10Aged 14 90 95 65 43 57 34 36 28 21 26Aged 15 90 80 85 68 65 34 30 35 34 29Aged 16 40 45 35 56 58 14 16 15 28 26Aged 17 10 15 15 x 10 3 5 6 x 5Aged 18 and over 0 0 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 xLength of stay2Under 1 month 60 65 50 41 46 22 23 22 20 211 to < 3 months 105 95 80 71 78 39 34 33 35 353 to < 6 months 50 65 50 47 49 19 25 20 23 226 to < 12 months 40 40 45 28 35 16 14 18 14 1612 to < 24 months 10 10 15 x x 4 4 5 x x24 months or more x 0 x x x x 0 x x xType of Placement2Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Justice Board 180 160 115 129 131 69 58 48 64 59Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context 20 25 30 13 17 8 9 13 6 8Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds 60 90 95 60 73 23 33 39 30 33Source:  DfE SA1 Survey. Not applicableFor 2010 and earlier:For 2011 and 2012:x represents a number between 1 and 5 inclusive, or a percentage based on a numerator between 1 and 5 inclusive.To protect the suppressed number, secondary suppression may be required in some cases.Table 3: Places approved and children accommodated in secure children's homes at 31 March by gender, age, length of stay and type of placement (numbers and percentages)Coverage: ENGLAND ONLY(1) Percentages are based on the number of approved places. Percentages for 2008 to 2010 are based on unrounded figures.(2) Percentages are based on the number of children accommodated. Percentages for 2008 to 2010 are based on unrounded figures.x represents a number between 1 and 5 inclusive, or a percentage based on a numerator between 1 and 5 inclusive.Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.

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