Caroline Lucas – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-11-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average amount the Youth Justice Board will pay for each place for a child in (a) Medway secure training centre, (b)Oakhill secure training centre, (c) Rainsbrook secure training centre, (d) Cookham Wood young offender institution, (e) Feltham young offender institution, (f) Parc young offender institution, (g) Werrington young offender institution and (h) Wetherby young offender institution; and what the average amount the Youth Justice Board paid on average for each place for a child in each of those institutions was in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
Andrew Selous
Secure Training Centres (STCs) typically cater for younger offenders with multiple or complex needs and therefore have smaller units and higher staff ratios than Young Offender Institutions (YOIs).
The Youth Justice Board calculates the average cost of custody per place per year based on assumed full occupancy of all youth secure establishments. Table 1 shows the average costs for a place per year at each of the specified STCs and YOIs for each year since 2013/14.
Table 1: Average costs per place per year by youth secure establishment
|
Establishment |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
|
(a) Medway STC |
£214,606 |
£157,110 |
£138,051 |
|
(b) Oakhill STC |
£204,301 |
£210,926 |
£217,485 |
|
(c) Rainsbrook STC |
£175,479 |
£181,194 |
£134,955 |
|
(d) Cookham Wood YOI |
£76,051 |
£53,915 |
£81,089 |
|
(e) Feltham YOI |
£53,690 |
£55,120 |
£68,548 |
|
(f) Parc YOI |
£67,995 |
£68,611 |
£69,331 |
|
(g) Werrington YOI |
£55,638 |
£57,090 |
£91,306 |
|
(h) Wetherby YOI |
£46,688 |
£59,579 |
£70,505 |
Notes:
- Prices not adjusted for inflation
- Business rates are included for STCs (business rates are charged on non-domestic property).
- Costs do not include VAT where this is applicable (STCs and Parc).
- Advocacy service prices are included for STCs and YOIs. The advocacy service is an independent service that supports young people within the secure estate.
- These costs do not include costs associated with escorting of young people between courts and secure accommodation.
In 2015/16 the YJB became responsible for commissioning education in public sector YOIs, which was previously funded through the Education Funding Agency. New YOI education contracts have also increased the number of education hours available to young people.
Costs at Medway and Rainsbrook STCs reduced between 2014/15 and 2015/16, following contract renegotiations and the removal of healthcare costs from these contracts. The Oakhill contract includes costs associated with healthcare, unlike the other two STCs.
