Young Offender Institutions
(asked on 14th April 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds for each juvenile young offender institution which shows the number of times an individual child was removed from association for periods (a) up to three days, (b) up to 14 days, (c) up to 21 days, (d) up to 42 days and (e) more than 42 days in the 12 months ending 31 March 2022; and if he will breakdown those removals by (i) age, (ii) sex, (iii) ethnicity of the children removed from association, (iv) the number of children who were classed as disabled and (v) the recorded reasons for such removal.
There are some occasions when it is necessary to remove young people from association because their behaviour is likely to be so disruptive that keeping them on ordinary location would be unsafe, or because their own safety and wellbeing cannot reasonably be assured by other means. Removal from association cannot be used as a punishment, and there are careful limits placed on the length of time for which young people can be separated.
Information for the 12 months ending 31 March 2022 is not yet available. In the 12 months ending 28 February 2022, which is the latest period available for reporting, there were 767 removals of children from association in Youth Offender Institutions where that removal had ended on or by 28 February 2022, broken down as follows:
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(a) up to three days | 51 | 24 | 92 | 13 | 8-13 | # |
(b) up to 14 days | 149 | 85 | 9 | 74 | 94 | 16 |
(c) up to 21 days | 21 | # | 0 | 10 | 59 | # |
(d) up to 42 days | 12-19 | # | 0 | 4-9 | 17 | # |
(e) more than 42 days | # | 0 | 0 | # | # | # |
Total | 240 | 116 | 101 | 106 | 181 | 23 |
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(i) Age |
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15 | 14 | # | # | 7 | 11 | 0 |
16 | 59 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 47 | # |
17 | 125 | 66 | 51 | 56 | 89 | 16 |
18+ | 31 | 15-20 | 5-10 | 8 | 28 | # |
Total | 240 | 116 | 101 | 106 | 181 | 23 |
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(ii) Sex |
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Male | 229 | 116 | 96 | 102 | 175 | 20-25 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # |
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(iii) Ethnicity |
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Asian | 7-11 | 3-8 | # | 12 | 5-10 | 0 |
Black | 131 | 65 | 29 | 33 | 46 | # |
Mixed | 27 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 21 | # |
Not Stated | # | 0 | # | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 13 | # | # | 0 | # | 0 |
White | 47 | 25 | 49 | 44 | 96 | 17 |
Total | 240 | 116 | 101 | 106 | 181 | 23 |
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(iv) Disability |
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Information on a child or young person's disability status is not currently held centrally. | ||||||
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(v) Reason for Removal |
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Prevent Harm to Others | 139 | 102 | # | 74 | 152 | 14 |
Prevent Harm to Self | 37 | 7 | # | # | 6 | # |
Self-Isolation | 64 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 23 | # |
Pending Adjudication | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 0 |
Total | 240 | 116 | 101 | 106 | 181 | 23 |
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Source: Bespoke returns from establishments collated centrally on a monthly basis | ||||||
Separations starting on or before 28 February 2022 and ending on or after 1 March 2021. Completed Separations Only | ||||||
# indicates a value of 5 or fewer |
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Where a suppressed value could be calculated from other values, secondary suppression has been applied | ||||||
Breakdowns (i) to (v) do not include cases where the information is not known The data are generated from internal management information. The entire period reported on is from a time of regime restrictions to counter the spread of Covid 19. Separations due to Covid 19 are not included in the numbers presented. The bespoke returns used to generate this information were introduced in December 2019, just prior to the Covid 19 restrictions. | ||||||