HC Deb 31 October 2000 vol 355 c441W
Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received concerning the number of youth offender units in North Yorkshire. [134381]

Mr. Boateng

I have received no recent representations about establishments for young offenders or other youth justice arrangements in North Yorkshire.

Secure establishments for juveniles are provided by the Prison Service, local authorities and the private sector under contract to the Youth Justice Board. North Yorkshire juvenile remandees and offenders normally go to Wetherby Young Offender Institution which has 360 places, Hassockfield secure training centre in County Durham which has 40 places, and local authority secure units in East Yorkshire, Leeds and Sheffield which have 43 places.