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Young Offender Institutions

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the monthly maximum capacity of custody places was for under-18s in each of the last five reported years, broken down by (a) type of facility and (b) gender of offender catered for; and if he will make a statement. [181461]

Mr. Hanson: The following table, which contains information provided by the Youth Justice Board, shows the maximum capacity of the secure estate for children and young people from April 2002 to December 2007 (the latest month for which figures are available). They are broken down by facility type and, in the case of young offender institutions, by sex. Secure training centres and some secure children's homes are mixed establishments.

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				YOI
	Total p laces	SCH	STC	Total	Boys	Girls
2002-03
April	3,436	254	130	3,052	2,964	88
May	3,436	254	130	3,052	2,964	88
June	3,468	254	162	3,052	2,964	88
July	3,468	254	162	3,052	2,964	88
August	3,468	254	162	3,052	2,964	88
September	3,468	254	162	3,052	2,964	88
October	3,468	254	162	3,052	2,964	88
November	3,468	254	162	3,052	2,964	88
December	3,500	254	194	3,052	2,964	88
January	3,500	254	194	3,052	2,964	88
February	3,500	254	194	3,052	2,964	88
March	3,500	254	194	3,052	2,964	88
2003- 04
April	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
May	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
June	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
July	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
August	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
September	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
October	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
November	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
December	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
January	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
February	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
March	3,442	297	194	2,951	2,863	88
2004-05
April	3,229	235	194	2,800	2,712	88
May	3,229	235	194	2,800	2,712	88
June	3,229	235	194	2,800	2,712	88
July	3,229	235	194	2,800	2,712	88
August	3,309	235	274	2,800	2,712	88
September	3,309	235	274	2,800	2,712	88
October	3,309	235	274	2,800	2,712	88
November	3,317	235	274	2,808	2,720	88
December	3,333	235	274	2,824	2,720	104
January	3,333	235	274	2,824	2,720	104
February	3,333	235	274	2,824	2,720	104
March	3,333	235	274	2,824	2,720	104
2005-06
April	3,333	235	274	2,824	2,720	104
May	3,333	235	274	2,824	2,720	104
June	3,333	235	274	2,824	2,720	104
July	3,333	235	274	2,824	2,720	104
August	3,333	235	274	2,824	2,720	104
September	3,350	235	274	2,841	2,720	121
October	3,350	235	274	2,841	2,720	121
November	3,356	235	274	2,847	2,720	127
December	3,356	235	274	2,847	2,720	127
January	3,334	235	274	2,825	2,720	105
February	3,334	235	274	2,825	2,720	105
March	3,334	235	274	2,825	2,720	105
2006-07
April	3,466	235	274	2,957	2,882	75
May	3,476	235	274	2,967	2,892	75
June	3,476	235	274	2,967	2,892	75
July	3,476	235	274	2,967	2,892	75
August	3,487	235	285	2,967	2,892	75
September	3,487	235	285	2,967	2,892	75
October	3,487	235	285	2,967	2,892	75
November	3,503	235	301	2,967	2,892	75
December	3,519	235	301	2,983	2,892	91
January	3,519	235	301	2,983	2,892	91
February	3,519	235	301	2,983	2,892	91
March	3,491	235	301	2,955	2,864	91
2007-08 (to date)
April	3,515	235	301	2,979	2,888	91
May	3,515	235	301	2,979	2,888	91
June	3,515	235	301	2,979	2,888	91
July	3,515	235	301	2,979	2,888	91
August	3,515	235	301	2,979	2,888	91
September	3,545	235	301	3,009	2,918	91
October	3,545	235	301	3,009	2,918	91
November	3,555	235	301	3,019	2,945	74
December	3,545	235	301	3,009	2,935	74

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