§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many additional secure places for juveniles in youth treatment centres and local authority secure units will be provided by the end of 1996 and 1997 respectively, and how many of these are intended for juveniles on remand.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)The Secure Accommodation Development Programme will be producing 170 additional local authority places, some 160 of which are intended for children on remand. The first additional places became available in December of last year. Further new places will come on stream throughout 1996 leading to around 100 additional places being completed by the end of this year and the balance by mid 1997. In addition, 10 new secure places will come into use within the Glenthorne Youth Treatment Centre in 1996.