DfE: Children Accommodated in Secure Children's Homes at 31 March 2010: England and Wales

The latest national statistics on Children Accommodated in Secure Children's Homes produced by the Department for Education were released on 7th July 2010 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority

DfE: Children Accommodated in Secure Children's Homes at 31 March 2010: England and Wales

Description	This SFR gives statistics on children accommodated in secure children's homes at 31 March 2010 and includes data from England and Wales. The SFR includes information on places approved, and children accommodated by gender, age, length of stay and type of placement. The latest statistics update those previously released on 23 July 2009. The key points from this release are: 260 children were accommodated in secure children's homes in England and Wales at 31 March 2010. This represents a fall of 10 per cent on the 2009 total of 290. The number of secure children's homes, open at 31 March 2010 in England and Wales, is 17, a reduction of 2 since 2009. At 31 March 2010, there were 310 approved places in these 17 secure children's homes open in England and Wales. 83 per cent of approved places were occupied. This represents a decrease of three percentage points since 2009.
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Reference ID	SFR21/2010
Coverage Country	England & Wales
Date Released	7 July 2010
Main Category	Health, well-being and Care
Sub Category	Care Click on subcategory link to see if there is later information
Type	Statistical First Release
Contact	Alison Cooper alison.cooper@education.gsi.gov.uk tel: 020 7783 8623
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DfE: Children Accommodated in Secure Children's Homes at 31 March 2010: England and Wales