HC Deb 30 April 1984 vol 59 cc59-61W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give details of the projects so far approved as part of the central initiative to improve facilities for the intermediate treatment of young offenders.

Designating local authority Designated voluntary body Number of facilities Places available per annum
Avon National Children's Home 2 60
Youth and Community Help Trust 1 30
Barnsley Barnsley IT Association 1 36
Bradford Bradford Community Alternatives 1 44
Buckinghamshire Inter-Action Milton Keynes 1 8
Bury Bury Youth Enterprise 1 24
Cambridgeshire Alternatives in Fenland and Huntingdon 1 10
Cheshire Halton IT Scheme 1 30
National Children's Home 1 35
Vale Royal Development Group for Young Offenders 1 21
Cleveland Cleveland Alternatives for Young People 1 60
Cornwall National Children's Home 1 30
Coventry Coventry IT Association 1 48
London Borough of Croydon Croydon Guild of Voluntary Organisations 1 40
Devon National Children's Home 6 144
Durham County Durham Youth Development Trust 3 102
East Sussex Hastings and Rother Intensive IT Association 1 20
Essex Rainer Foundation 1 36
Gloucestershire Gloucester Trust for Young People at Risk 1 9
London Borough of Greenwich Rainer Foundation 1 30
Hampshire Rainer Foundation 1 40
Hertfordshire National Children's Home 1 60
St. Albans Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility 1 105
Humberside The Sobriety Project 1 30
Kent Community Service Volunteers 9 254
Kirklees Kirklees Enterprise for Youth 3 89
Leeds Leeds Voluntary Alternatives 1 45
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Youth Activity Trust 1 30
Liverpool Dr. Bamardo's 1 50
London Borough of Newham Newham Youth Consortium Trust 3 73
Norfolk Norfolk Children's Projects 1 56
Salford National Children's Home 1 66

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

All facilities are managed by committees that include representatives of local agencies concerned with young people and of the juvenile bench, and each provides intensive programmes of intermediate treatment as an alternative to custody or residential care for young offenders. The details requested are as follows:

Designating local authority Designated voluntary body Number of facilities Places available per annum
Sandwell Community Alternatives for Young Offenders in Sandwell 1 36
Solihull Forum Weekend Club 1 36
Somerset Community Service Volunteers 1 36
South Tyneside Dr. Barnardo's 1 65
Sunderland Save the Children Fund 1 36
London Borough of Wandsworth Wandsworth Association for Youth 2 60
City of Westminster Westminster Association for Youth 1 30
West Sussex Chichester Diocesan Association for Family Social Work 1 30
Wiltshire National Children's Home 1 30
TOTALS 62 2,074