§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many young people were being held in local authority secure accommodation(a) on criminal grounds and (b) on care grounds by age and by gender on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement; [9123]
558W(2) how many young people in local authority secure accommodation on criminal grounds were (a) on remand, (b) sentenced under section 52(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993 and (c) held on other grounds, on the last date for which figures are available. [9083]
§ Mr. BurnsI refer the hon. Member to table D in "Children Accommodated in Secure Units year ending 31 March 1996, England" A/F 96/21, copies of which are available in the Library. Information on which part of section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 under which a young person is detained is not collected centrally.