Child Safety and Wellbeing - Secure Accommodation

High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Secure Accommodation

At 31st July 2011 there were 112 secure places available in seven secure units (excluding emergency beds).  However, St. Philip’s were closing on 4 August 2011 and were ‘winding down’ between 1 July 2011 and 31 July 2011.  In addition, St. Mary’s Kenmure increased their bed complement from 18 beds to 24 beds from 1 July 2011. 

The average cost per secure bed per week during 2010-11 was £5,200, ranging from £4,820 to £5,450.

There were 273 admissions in secure care accommodation between 1 August 2010 and 31 July 2011.  This was a decrease of 13 per cent compared with the period 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010.  There were 259 discharges between 1 August 2010 and 31 July 2011 (a decrease of 16 per cent compared with the period 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010).

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Note (1): Reporting period for 2010-11 was August to July but for previous years it was April to March.
Note (2): St. Philip's closed on 4 August 2011 and 'wound down' between 1 July 2011 and 31 July 2011.
Note (3): St. Mary's Kenmure's bed capacity increased on 1 July 2011 to 24 (from 18).
Note (4): For 2007/08, young people using the emergency bed have been included for St. Mary's Kenmure as they were not able to differentiate between emergency and non-emergency beds.
Note (5): St. Mary's Kenmure was temporarily closed on 30 March 2008 and had a sequential re-opening from 4 August 2008 when it's bed complement was as follows: 4 August to 24 August = 6 beds, 25 August to 14 September = 12 beds, 15 September to 5 October = 18 beds and from 6 October onwards = 24 beds.


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Page updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012