The following table, which contains information provided by the Youth Justice Board, shows the maximum capacity of the secure estate for children and young people from April 2002 to December 2007 (the latest month for which figures are available). They are broken down by facility type and, in the case of young offender institutions, by sex. Secure training centres and some secure children's homes are mixed establishments.
Total places SCH STC Total Boys Girls 2002-03 April 3,436 254 130 3,052 2,964 88 May 3,436 254 130 3,052 2,964 88 June 3,468 254 162 3,052 2,964 88 July 3,468 254 162 3,052 2,964 88 August 3,468 254 162 3,052 2,964 88 September 3,468 254 162 3,052 2,964 88 October 3,468 254 162 3,052 2,964 88 November 3,468 254 162 3,052 2,964 88 December 3,500 254 194 3,052 2,964 88 January 3,500 254 194 3,052 2,964 88 February 3,500 254 194 3,052 2,964 88 March 3,500 254 194 3,052 2,964 88 2003-04 April 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 May 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 June 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 July 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 August 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 September 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 October 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 November 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 December 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 January 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 February 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 March 3,442 297 194 2,951 2,863 88 2004-05 April 3,229 235 194 2,800 2,712 88 May 3,229 235 194 2,800 2,712 88 June 3,229 235 194 2,800 2,712 88 July 3,229 235 194 2,800 2,712 88 August 3,309 235 274 2,800 2,712 88 September 3,309 235 274 2,800 2,712 88 October 3,309 235 274 2,800 2,712 88 November 3,317 235 274 2,808 2,720 88 December 3,333 235 274 2,824 2,720 104 January 3,333 235 274 2,824 2,720 104 February 3,333 235 274 2,824 2,720 104 March 3,333 235 274 2,824 2,720 104 2005-06 April 3,333 235 274 2,824 2,720 104 May 3,333 235 274 2,824 2,720 104 June 3,333 235 274 2,824 2,720 104 July 3,333 235 274 2,824 2,720 104 August 3,333 235 274 2,824 2,720 104 September 3,350 235 274 2,841 2,720 121 October 3,350 235 274 2,841 2,720 121 November 3,356 235 274 2,847 2,720 127 December 3,356 235 274 2,847 2,720 127 January 3,334 235 274 2,825 2,720 105 February 3,334 235 274 2,825 2,720 105 March 3,334 235 274 2,825 2,720 105 2006-07 April 3,466 235 274 2,957 2,882 75 May 3,476 235 274 2,967 2,892 75 June 3,476 235 274 2,967 2,892 75 July 3,476 235 274 2,967 2,892 75 August 3,487 235 285 2,967 2,892 75 September 3,487 235 285 2,967 2,892 75 October 3,487 235 285 2,967 2,892 75 November 3,503 235 301 2,967 2,892 75 December 3,519 235 301 2,983 2,892 91 January 3,519 235 301 2,983 2,892 91 February 3,519 235 301 2,983 2,892 91 March 3,491 235 301 2,955 2,864 91 2007-08 (to date) April 3,515 235 301 2,979 2,888 91 May 3,515 235 301 2,979 2,888 91 June 3,515 235 301 2,979 2,888 91 July 3,515 235 301 2,979 2,888 91 August 3,515 235 301 2,979 2,888 91 September 3,545 235 301 3,009 2,918 91 October 3,545 235 301 3,009 2,918 91 November 3,555 235 301 3,019 2,945 74 December 3,545 235 301 3,009 2,935 74