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<p>All establishments within the youth estate in England and Wales must adhere to
the Equality Act 2010, including the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled
persons. Support is also provided for all children and young people with a disability
in accordance with the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not currently
available on disability for the entire population in youth custody. From April 2021
the Youth Custody Service (YCS) has centrally collected information on all protected
characteristics of children and young people held under their care. This includes
details on the presence and type of disabilities and long-term health conditions.
This information is reviewed and updated when a child or young person is placed into
a youth secure estate establishment. As this information was not collected for those
admitted prior to April 2021 reliable figures for the whole estate are not available.</p><p>
</p><p>Internal information, which is subject to change, is available from April to
October 2021. This shows that during that time there have been 581 new admissions
to the youth estate. As of 24 November, 389 have responded and ten are recorded as
having a disability. The number who are recorded as having a hearing impairment is
five or fewer and is not being published to prevent disclosure in accordance with
the Data Protection Act, 1998. This information relates purely to admission during
the period and may include individuals who have since left the secure estate.</p>
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