asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many occasions was restraint or restraint involving pain distraction used between 1 January and 31 March in (a) Hassockfield, (b) Rainsbrook, (c) Medway, and (d) Oakhill secure training centres. [HL3181]
The following table, based on information provided by the Youth Justice Board, shows the number of restrictive physical interventions (RPIs) in secure training centres between 1 January and 31 March 2008.
RPIs January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 Hassockfield 27 32 20 Rainsbrook 18 16 24 Oakhill 35 61 118 Medway 75 36 41 Total 155 145 203
The table below, also based on data supplied by the Youth Justice Board, shows the number of such incidents that involved the use of a distraction technique.
Distractions January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 Hassockfield 1 0 1 Rainsbrook 0 0 1 Oakhill 0 1 1 Medway 0 1 0 Total 1 2 3
Data provided by the Youth Justice Board from administrative computer systems. The distraction techniques used in this period was the thumb technique.
asked Her Majesty's Government:
Since 1 January how many (a) 14 year-olds, (b) 15 year-olds, (d) 16 year-olds, and (d) 17-year-olds have been transferred from secure training centres or local authority secure children's homes to young offender institutions. [HL3182]
Information about outgoing transfers is not collected centrally. The Youth Justice Board informs us that providing the information requested would involve a manual search of records at establishments: this could only be done at disproportionate cost.