§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she has yet reached a decision on the future siting of the youth treatment service; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. BowisI have today informed the chief executive of the youth treatment service of my decision that the service should continue to operate from the existing two sites, Glenthorne in Birmingham and St. Charles at Brentwood, Essex, for at least the next four years.
I have told the chief executive that consideration will be given to capital expenditure to carry out necessary work at the two centres.
I hope that this decision will remove some of the obstacles to short-term planning which have faced the youth treatment service for so long as a result of the uncertainties surrounding the site issue.