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- Publication
- Children accommodated in secure children's homes
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- Subject
- SCH Characteristics 2021
Step 3 Choose Countries
- National
- England and Wales
Step 4 Choose time period
- Time period
- 2010 to 2021
Step 5 Choose your filters
- Indicators
- Number of children accommodated
- Percentage of children accommodated
- Characteristics
- Total
- Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Custody Service
- Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context
- Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds
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This data is not from the latest releaseView latest data: Reporting Year 2022'SCH Characteristics 2021' for Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Custody Service, Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context and Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds in England and Wales between 2010 and 2021 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Number of children accommodated Total 258 221 239 206 229 205 210 203 204 172 184 142 Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Custody Service 131 146 146 102 111 97 89 93 98 66 80 55 Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context 31 13 17 15 14 20 16 7 10 9 15 7 Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds 96 62 76 89 104 88 105 103 96 97 89 80 Percentage of children accommodated Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Custody Service 51% 66% 61% 50% 48% 47% 42% 46% 48% 38% 43% 39% Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context 12% 6% 7% 7% 6% 10% 8% 3% 5% 5% 8% 5% Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds 37% 28% 32% 43% 45% 43% 50% 51% 47% 56% 48% 56% Footnotes
- Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number and categories may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
- 'c' denotes figures suppressed to preserve confidentiality.
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