<p>Data on assaults by children and young people in the secure estate, by sector, are published quarterly on GOV.UK. The latest publication with data from April 2014 is available at tables 1.2.1 and 1.2.2: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-the-children-and-young-people-secure-estate-update-to-june-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-the-children-and-young-people-secure-estate-update-to-june-2023</a>.</p><p>Data prior to April 2014 are available at table 8.14: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/youth-justice-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/youth-justice-statistics</a>.</p><p>The way assaults are counted changed in April 2018 for Young Offender Institutions. Information before and after this date should not be compared.</p><p>Safeguarding data for internal management information purposes has been collected centrally since November 2019. The categories to be reported include sexual abuse.</p><p> </p>