Assessment and Treatment Units: Vulnerable People Debate
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Philip Hollobone
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Assessment and Treatment Units: Vulnerable People
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Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
Why has the number of children detained in assessment and treatment units more than doubled in the past three years, from 110 to 230?
Caroline Dinenage
That is a really good question. We are looking carefully at how we can support children much better so that they do not go into these sorts of units at all. As I say, it is about the wraparound services that can identify much earlier somebody who might be at a crisis point, and making sure that the care and support is put in place to prevent people from having to be admitted to units of this kind.