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1690850

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2024 to Question 13383, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount young people aged 18 or over in the youth secure estate who are separated from their peers for more than seven days.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	15166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>Separation is used where there is a clear risk of harm, in order to prevent harm to the child or young person separated, or to others. Separation can be critical to reduce the risk of harm, but should be a last resort when managing behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with recommendations made by H M Inspectorate of Prisons, the Youth Custody Service (YCS) has developed and implemented a new policy framework on use of separation in the youth estate. This was published in April 2022, together with a new system for gathering data and managing instances of separation.  It applies to all children and young people in the Youth Estate, including 18-year-olds. A review of the first 12 months’ delivery is in progress.</p><p> </p><p>The YCS has taken a range of actions to improve use of separation in the youth estate, including providing additional resources to ensure effective management and to improve national and local oversight. It is working hard to improve regime and time-out-of-room for all children.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/02/2024 16:40:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1687867

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people aged 18 or over in the youth secure estate.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	13378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>It has never been the policy automatically to transfer young people to the adult estate on reaching the age of 18. Some 18-year-olds have always been managed in the youth estate, when they were nearing the end of their sentence or it was deemed to be the most appropriate location for them.</p><p>While there can be benefits for the individual young person in remaining in the youth secure estate beyond the age of 18, it is necessary also to have regard to the wider effect on the youth estate, and to the needs of the secure estate as a whole. The cohort of 18-year-olds within the estate is monitored closely. Performance data and local intelligence help to inform placement and transition decisions.</p><p>All decisions whether to relocate are taken on a case-by case basis, considering both the needs of the individual young person and the safety and safeguarding of others. Where appropriate, some 18-year-olds continue to be moved into the adult estate. Newly-sentenced or -remanded 18-year-olds continue to be placed into over-18 establishments.</p><p>Young people over the age of 18 will not be placed in the Oasis Restore School, but the interim policy of retaining 18-year-olds in youth custody will apply to the school when it opens in Spring 2024.</p><p>As this is an interim policy, we envisage that, when it concludes, the number of young people over 18 in the youth estate will return to previous levels. We plan to review the interim policy towards the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 13384 13388 question first answered 14/02/2024 13:50:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1687869

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse is of a person aged 18 or over being placed in the children’s secure estate.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	13380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave to Question 8178 on 11 January 2024: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-05/8178" target="_blank">Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament.</a></p><p> </p><p>There is no difference in the average cost to public purse if an 18-year-old remains within the youth secure estate upon reaching the age of 18. Newly-sentenced or remanded 18-year-olds are placed into adult establishments.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2024 09:46:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1687875

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the number of young people aged 18 or over in the youth secure estate who have been separated from their peers for more than seven days in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	13383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The latest 12-month period for which data are available is 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. During that period, 56 young people aged 18 or over in the youth secure estate were separated for more than seven days. All of these were in young offender institutions.</p><p>In making the above calculation, the following rules were applied:</p><ul><li>Where a period of separation began before 01 April 2022, the full duration of the separation has been counted.</li><li>Where a period of separation began before 31 March 2023, it is deemed to have ended on 31 March 2023 for the purpose of this calculation.</li><li>The data provided relate to continuous periods of separation of more than seven days.</li><li>If a new period of separation began within five days of a previous period of separation’s ending, it is deemed to be a single continuous period of separation.</li><li>Young people aged 17 when their separation began, but who turned 18 more than seven days before the separation ended have been counted.</li></ul><p>On 31 December 2023, there were 153 young people aged 18 or over in the youth estate. Details of their ethnicity and religious affiliation are provided in the following tables.</p><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds by ethnic group, December 2023</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>153</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br><strong>Note</strong><br>The symbol * is used for suppressed values of five or fewer, to prevent disclosure in accordance with data protection principles. Zero figures are not suppressed.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds by religious group, December 2023</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Religion</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other religion</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Religion not stated</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>153</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As of 06 February 2024, the oldest young person accommodated in the youth estate was 18 years old.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 13385 13386 question first answered 19/02/2024 13:57:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1687877

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people aged 18 or over from each (a) ethnic group and (b) religion were in the youth estate as of 31 December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	13385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The latest 12-month period for which data are available is 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. During that period, 56 young people aged 18 or over in the youth secure estate were separated for more than seven days. All of these were in young offender institutions.</p><p>In making the above calculation, the following rules were applied:</p><ul><li>Where a period of separation began before 01 April 2022, the full duration of the separation has been counted.</li><li>Where a period of separation began before 31 March 2023, it is deemed to have ended on 31 March 2023 for the purpose of this calculation.</li><li>The data provided relate to continuous periods of separation of more than seven days.</li><li>If a new period of separation began within five days of a previous period of separation’s ending, it is deemed to be a single continuous period of separation.</li><li>Young people aged 17 when their separation began, but who turned 18 more than seven days before the separation ended have been counted.</li></ul><p>On 31 December 2023, there were 153 young people aged 18 or over in the youth estate. Details of their ethnicity and religious affiliation are provided in the following tables.</p><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds by ethnic group, December 2023</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>153</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br><strong>Note</strong><br>The symbol * is used for suppressed values of five or fewer, to prevent disclosure in accordance with data protection principles. Zero figures are not suppressed.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds by religious group, December 2023</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Religion</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other religion</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Religion not stated</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>153</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As of 06 February 2024, the oldest young person accommodated in the youth estate was 18 years old.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 13383 13386 question first answered 19/02/2024 13:57:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1687878

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the age of the oldest individual placed in the youth secure estate as of 6 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	13386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The latest 12-month period for which data are available is 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. During that period, 56 young people aged 18 or over in the youth secure estate were separated for more than seven days. All of these were in young offender institutions.</p><p>In making the above calculation, the following rules were applied:</p><ul><li>Where a period of separation began before 01 April 2022, the full duration of the separation has been counted.</li><li>Where a period of separation began before 31 March 2023, it is deemed to have ended on 31 March 2023 for the purpose of this calculation.</li><li>The data provided relate to continuous periods of separation of more than seven days.</li><li>If a new period of separation began within five days of a previous period of separation’s ending, it is deemed to be a single continuous period of separation.</li><li>Young people aged 17 when their separation began, but who turned 18 more than seven days before the separation ended have been counted.</li></ul><p>On 31 December 2023, there were 153 young people aged 18 or over in the youth estate. Details of their ethnicity and religious affiliation are provided in the following tables.</p><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds by ethnic group, December 2023</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>153</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br><strong>Note</strong><br>The symbol * is used for suppressed values of five or fewer, to prevent disclosure in accordance with data protection principles. Zero figures are not suppressed.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds by religious group, December 2023</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of 18+ year olds</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Religion</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other religion</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Religion not stated</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>153</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As of 06 February 2024, the oldest young person accommodated in the youth estate was 18 years old.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 13383 13385 question first answered 19/02/2024 13:57:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1687884

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the causes of the increase in the number of young people aged 18 or over placed in the youth secure estate since 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	13388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>It has never been the policy automatically to transfer young people to the adult estate on reaching the age of 18. Some 18-year-olds have always been managed in the youth estate, when they were nearing the end of their sentence or it was deemed to be the most appropriate location for them.</p><p>While there can be benefits for the individual young person in remaining in the youth secure estate beyond the age of 18, it is necessary also to have regard to the wider effect on the youth estate, and to the needs of the secure estate as a whole. The cohort of 18-year-olds within the estate is monitored closely. Performance data and local intelligence help to inform placement and transition decisions.</p><p>All decisions whether to relocate are taken on a case-by case basis, considering both the needs of the individual young person and the safety and safeguarding of others. Where appropriate, some 18-year-olds continue to be moved into the adult estate. Newly-sentenced or -remanded 18-year-olds continue to be placed into over-18 establishments.</p><p>Young people over the age of 18 will not be placed in the Oasis Restore School, but the interim policy of retaining 18-year-olds in youth custody will apply to the school when it opens in Spring 2024.</p><p>As this is an interim policy, we envisage that, when it concludes, the number of young people over 18 in the youth estate will return to previous levels. We plan to review the interim policy towards the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 13378 13384 question first answered 14/02/2024 13:50:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1679833

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people from each (a) ethnic group and (b) religion were in the youth estate as of 30 September 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	8177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Disaggregated monthly data in relation to children and young people in the Youth Secure Estate are published in our Youth Custody Report. The most recent edition, published on 8 December, includes figures for each month in 2023-24 up to 31 October. It can be found using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-custody-data." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-custody-data.</a></p><p>A breakdown by ethnicity is at table 1.2 and by religion at table 1.5.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/01/2024 14:54:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1678187

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5311 on Youth Custody, what steps he is taking to reduce the proportion of children in the secure estate who are on remand.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	7113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>Published statistics show an average monthly population of around 210 children remanded in youth custody at any one time in the year ending March 2022. This is 8% lower than the previous year and 57% lower than the year ending March 2012.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, the Government further tightened the tests the courts must satisfy to remand a child to custody, and published a review of the use of youth custodial remand. As part of the review’s recommendations, we undertook a consultation about how to reform the funding arrangements for youth remand between August 2023 and November 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Government commissioned an HMI Probation, HMI Prisons and Ofsted independent joint thematic inspection of work with children on remand which was published in November 2023. We are working with youth justice partners to respond to the 22 recommendations within the thematic report to reduce the number of children on remand. An action plan responding to these recommendations will be published alongside the consultation response in early 2024.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/12/2023 14:37:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1677437

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the minimum hours a child in youth custody should spend out of cell on a (a) weekday and (b) weekend.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	6655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful, and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision, with a consistent daily programme of activities.</p><p>Figures for November 2023 for average hours spend in education are being quality-assured for publication, and are therefore not yet available. Total figures for October, the most recent month for which data have been verified, are provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average no. of hours per week i</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>Not currently available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Feltham</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc YOI</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Wetherby</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Werrington</p></td><td><p>13.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakhill STCii</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1 YOI figures are for classroom-based hours only: vocational training is not included.</p><p>1 Average number of educational and vocational training hours per week at Oakhill.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Custody Service (YCS) is taking a number of measures to improve access to education and training across Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in the youth secure estate, and at Oakhill Secure Training Centre. We are reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time-out-of-room, balancing openness with the requirement to ensure safety. We are also committed to providing education and enrichment for those for whom a classroom setting is not appropriate, and a central review is being carried out of steps YOIs can take to reduce the number of children and young people who are unable to mix. Conflict resolution practitioners at each site are working with children and young people to resolve conflict between individuals and groups, and to help them engage in opportunities available in our care. There has been notable success in reducing the number of regime groups in YOIs, with increased interactions and more time-out-of-room as a result.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 6654 6656 question first answered 18/12/2023 14:45:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby