Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on how many places there are available in secure residential accommodation for children in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales; how many of those places are currently filled; and how many children placed in such accommodation in (i) England were previously resident in (A) Scotland and (B) Wales, (ii) Scotland were previously resident in (A) England and (B) Wales and (iii) Wales were previously resident in (A) England and (B) Scotland.
The data requested on the number of places approved, number of places available and number of children accommodated is published in the ‘Children accommodated in secure children's homes’ Statistical First Release for England and Wales:
The publication is based on an aggregate return and does not collect information on where children were previously resident.
The department does not publish nor collect data for Scotland. However, data on available places in secure residential accommodation for Scotland is publicly available at http://www.sanscotland.org/