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<p>As I said in the answer to 187366, our vision of residential women’s centres is
new we are not aware of any past or existing provision which fully accords with it.
We therefore did not fund any places in residential women’s centres in 2016.</p><p>The
Government is looking to develop a residential women’s centre pilot in at least five
sites across England and Wales as part of its commitments within the female offender
strategy.The aim of the pilot will be to develop a robust evidence base about what
could be effective, sustainable and scalable models for improving outcomes for female
offenders and reducing the numbers and frequency of women entering and re-entering
custody on short custodial sentences.We will take a consultative approach for designing
and delivering the pilot models, engaging with potential providers, partners, and
investors, both nationally and locally. We want to ensure that the models we take
forward are sustainable, credible and appropriate for the local context of each site.</p>
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