Secure Places (Children)

HC Deb 22 January 1992 vol 202 c228W

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many local authority secure places for children are available in each of the standard regions.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

On 1 January 1992 there were 295 approved local authority secure places for children in England. These were split between regions as shown in the table.

	Number of places
Region	Boys	Girls	Mixed	Total
Northern	—	—	55	55
Yorkshire and Humberside	27	—	9	36
North Western	45	13	6	64
West Midlands	—	—	8	8
East Midlands	—	—	19	19
Thames/Anglia	3	6	—	9
London	38	12	—	50
Southern	8	3	11	22
South Western	20	—	12	32
Totals	141	34	120	295