Youth Custody

(asked on 3rd September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of his plans for youth custody on (a) young children and (b) girls.


Answered by
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Second Church Estates Commissioner
This question was answered on 9th September 2014

We have considered the impacts of our Transforming Youth Custody proposals on different groups. We believe that Secure Colleges have the potential to deliver improved educational and rehabilitative outcomes for all the young people they will accommodate.

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