Speeches

Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-03-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of transporting children from secure children’s homes in London and the South East to elsewhere in the UK.

Edward Timpson

The financial responsibility for transporting welfare young people to and from secure children’s homes is a matter for the placing local authority.

The financial responsibility for transporting justice young people to and from secure children’s homes is a matter for the Youth Justice Board (YJB).