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Any places in secure children’s homes that are not required for welfare placements are available for purchase by the Youth Justice Board. The following table shows the number of secure children’s home places block-purchased by the Youth Justice Board since 2002. The data have been provided by the Youth Justice Board and relate to the contractual position as at 1 April in each year. Actual contracted places may vary through the year where a contractor fails to meet the requirements of the contract and places are declared unavailable until the issues have been addressed.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Aldine House 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 Atkinson Unit 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 Aycliffe 30 35 30 30 30 30 30 30 Barton Moss 17 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 Briars Hey (Orchard House) 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brunei Unit 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clare Lodge 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clayfields House 9 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 Dales House 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dyson Hall (Gladstone Unit) 9 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 East Moor 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 Hillside 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 Lincolnshire 4 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 Kyloe House 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Leverton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Orchard Lodge 16 18 18 18 18 18 16 16 Red Bank 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 Redsands 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. John’s Tiffield 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stamford House 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stoke House 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sutton Place 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Swanwick Lodge 5 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 Thornbury House 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vinney Green 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
The following table shows the number of secure training centre places purchased by the Youth Justice Board since 2002. Young people are not accommodated in secure training centres for welfare reasons. The data have been provided by the Youth Justice Board and relate to the contractual position as at 1 April in each year. Actual contracted places may vary through the year where a contractor fails to meet the requirements of the contract and places are declared unavailable until the issues have been addressed.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Hassockfield 42 42 42 42 42 58 58 58 Medway 44 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 Oakhill n/a n/a n/a 80 80 80 80 80 Rainsbrook 44 76 76 76 76 87 87 87
The Department for Children, Schools and Families does not maintain a central record of contracted places in children’s homes in England and Wales since 2002 by each home and it is therefore not possible to provide data on the number of welfare places in secure children’s homes.