asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many children under 15 were in custody in (a) young offender institutions; (b) secure children's homes; (c) secure training centres; and (d) private prisons on 1 January of each year between 2000 and 2008; and [HL1475]
How many young people aged 15 to 18 were in custody in (a) young offender institutions; (b) secure children's homes; (c) secure training centres; and (d) private prisons on 1 January of each year between 2000 and 2008. [HL1476]
The secure estate for children and young people holds children and young people up to and including the age of 17, as well as a small number of young people who reach 18 in the course of their sentences.
The table below, which contains information provided by the Youth Justice Board, shows the number of children aged under 13 and young people aged 15-17 held in young offender institutions (YOIs), secure training centres (STCs) and secure children's homes (SCHs) on 1 January in each year from 2001 onwards. The number of 18 year-olds held in juvenile young offender institutions is shown separately. There were no 18 year-olds in secure training centres or secure children's homes. Numbers in custody on 1 January 2000 are not available.
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 YOI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 SCH 127 134 151 123 109 114 123 115 STC 81 65 75 64 71 60 50 62 Private YOI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 YOI1 1,912 2,055 2,278 1,969 1,922 1,880 2,013 1,899 SCH 130 149 158 161 111 105 102 104 STC 32 37 71 108 136 155 206 186 Private YOI 211 236 201 178 269 302 300 376 18 year olds 307 303 357 370 348 362 298 252 1 15-17 year olds
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What proportion of young people under the age of 18 who are in custody receive individual therapy, counselling or support for drugs-related problems. [HL1479]
The Youth Justice Board (YJB) funds a substance misuse service across the secure estate for children and young people. Those young people who have misused substances (about 7 per cent of those in custody) receive targeted support based on their level of need and the substances they have misused. Those young people (about 5 per cent) who require specialist treatment, such as those needing detoxification, receive individual specialist support from a range of providers, including healthcare.