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Young Offender Institutions: Restraint Techniques

Volume 472: debated on Tuesday 26 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many times restraint has been used in young offender institutions and secure training centres in England and Wales since April 2007. (188318)

The following table, which is based on information supplied by the Youth Justice Board, shows the number of restraints by month in young offender institutions and secure training centres from April to December 2007. Data for January 2008 are not yet available.

YOI

STC

2007

April

273

170

May

269

270

June

276

276

July

345

386

August

306

313

September

281

202

October

296

242

November

320

211

December

267

201