§ 28. Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on plans for the provision of secure accommodation for young offenders in Wales. [641]
§ Beverley HughesThe Youth Justice Board for England and Wales commissions and purchases secure accommodation for remanded and sentenced young people. The Board aims to increase secure accommodation for male and female juvenile offenders in Wales, as part of its wider strategy to provide 400 more secure training centre places for England and Wales as a whole. A number of Welsh sites have been looked at but none has yet been selected for development.