Official Statistics

Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate: Update to June 2023

Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate statistics cover assaults, self-harm, use of force, separations, and deaths in the Children and Young People Secure Estate in England and Wales.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate Assaults and Self-Harm Tables: Update to June 2023

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Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate Separation and Use of Force Tables: Update to March 2023

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Details

Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate statistics captures information on assaults, self-harm, use of force, separations and deaths for all sectors within the Youth Custody Service: Young Offender Institutes (YOIs), the Secure Training Centres (STC) and Secure Children’s Homes (SCHs).

Information on assaults, self-harm and deaths will be published quarterly, in January, April and October.

Information on assaults, self-harm, use of force, separations and deaths will be published annually in July.

The accompanying use of force and separations statistics tables to March 2023 contain a small update due to a recording error.

This publication is released by the Youth Custody Service, HMPPS and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Pre-release list

Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate statistics are produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State; Minister of State for Justice; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for victims, youth and family justice; Permanent Secretary; Director General, Policy, Communications and Analysis; Director, Prison Reform Policy; Director, Communication and Information; Director, Analytical Services; Deputy Director, Prison Safety and Security Policy; Deputy Director, Head of Prison and Probation Analytical Services; Head of Prison Reform Policy; Head of Prison, Probation, Reoffending and PbR Statistics; Prison Statistics Team Lead; press officer (x8); private secretaries (x9).

HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)

Director General CEO, HMPPS; Chief Operating Officer, HMPPS; Director, Security, Order & Counter Terrorism; Deputy Director, Head of Safer Custody and Public Protection Group; Head of Executive Management Team, HMPPS; Head of Safer Custody; Director General CEO’s Office; Operational Lead for the Safety Programme; Business Manager in Executive Management Team; Business Manager to CEO, HMPPS; Prison Safety Team; Executive Director, YCS; Head of Business Development and Improvement, YCS; Briefing and Communications, YCS; Safety Lead, YCS.

Published 26 October 2023