High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Secure Accommodation
St Mary's Kenmure had been closed temporarily from 30th March 2008 after several children absconded on the night of Saturday 29th to Sunday 30th March. St. Mary's Kenmure then had a sequential re-opening from 4th August 2008 whereby six beds were available, followed by a further six beds every three weeks until 6th October onwards when 24 beds were available. Therefore, at 31st March 2009, seven secure units provided a total of 124 secure places (excluding emergency beds).
There was an average of 90 residents in secure care accommodation throughout 2008-09, down from 102 in 2007-08.
The average cost per bed per week was £4,900, ranging from £4,300 to £5,300.
The proportion of children admitted at age 16 or over decreased from 24 per cent in 2007-08 to 22 per cent in 2008-09.
During 2008-09, 30 per cent of young people discharged had been in secure care accommodation for less than 1 month and 31 per cent had been in secure care accommodation for between three months to under six months.
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Note (1): For 2007/08, young people using the emergency bed have been included for St. Mary's Kenmure as they were not able to differentiate between emergency and non-emergency beds.
Note (2): St. Mary's Kenmure was temporarily closed on 30 March 2008 and had a sequential re-opening from 4 August 2008 when it's bed complement was as follows: 4 August to 24 August = 6 beds, 25 August to 14 September = 12 beds, 15 September to 5 October = 18 beds and from 6 October onwards = 24 beds.
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