questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2024 to Question 13379 on Secure Training Centres and Young Offender Institutions: Safety, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the trend in the number of safeguarding referrals issued within the youth secure estate for people aged 18 or over.
answerText: To support the system-wide response to the adult prison capacity challenges, in November 2022, Ministers decided that the youth estate should continue to hold young adults until before their 19th birthday. This was a temporary change, and it is anticipate...
heading: Secure Training Centres and Young Offender Institutions: Safety