§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many secure places there were in local authority social service accommodation for juveniles on 1st January 1980, 1st January 1985 and 1st January 1990; and in which areas they were located.
§ Baroness HooperThe figures requested are given in the tables for England, Scotland and Wales. Local authorities in Northern Ireland have no role in the provision of secure places for juveniles.
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England Number of secure places on: Local authority 1 January 1980 1 January 1985 1 January 1990 Avon 20 20 20 Bedfordshire — 6 — Berkshire 4 4 4 Birmingham 16 4 4 Buckinghamshire — 3 — Cambridgeshire — 6 4 Cheshire 8 14 6 Coventry 6 6 — Derbyshire 2 4 7 Devon 12 12 12 Doncaster 2 — — Durham 50 50 50 East Sussex 2 5 5 Essex 6 — — Gloucestershire 6 6 — Greenwich — 9 3 Hammersmith 20 16 16 Hampshire 11 11 11 Hertfordshire 14 2 2 Hillingdon 8 8 9 Humberside 6 3 — Lambeth 31 6 — Lancashire 40 50 42 Leeds 3 27 27 Lincolnshire 7 7 4 Liverpool 6 17 17 Manchester 4 — — Newcastle — 3 3 Newham — 6 6 Northumberland — — 5 Nottinghamshire — 8 8 Oxfordshire 3 — 3 Rotherham 4 4 4 Salford — 6 4 Southwark — 8 8 St. Helen's 6 — — Waltham Forest 2 2 — Wakefield 2 — — Wandsworth 28 8 — West Sussex — 6 6 Wolverhampton — 4 4 TOTAL 329 351 294
Scotland Local authority Number of secure places on 1st January 1980 Number of secure places on 1st January 1985 Number of secure places on 1st January 1990 Dumfries and Galloway 1 2 Fife 2 2 Highland 2 0 Lothian 5 5 Strathclyde 42 48 Tayside 25 25 Total not available 77 82 Note: 1. Secure places in Scotland did not have to be approved by the Secretary of the State for Scotland until 1983, and statistics for secure places before 1983 are therefore not available.
Wales Local Authority Number of secure places on 1 January 1980 Number of secure places on 1 January 1985 Number of secure places on 1 January 1990 Gwent 2 2 2 Mid-Glamorgan 6 3 3 West Glamorgan 4 4 2 Total 12 9 7