High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Thursday, September 15, 2011
Secure Accommodation
At 31st March 2010 there were seven secure units provided a total of 106 secure places (excluding emergency beds).
There was an average of 99 residents in secure care accommodation throughout 2009-10, up from 90 in 2008-09.
The average cost per bed per week was £5,220, ranging from £4,990 to £5,420.
The proportion of children admitted at age 16 or over decreased from 22 per cent in 2008-09 to 18 per cent in 2009-10.
During 2009-10, 29 per cent of young people discharged had been in secure care accommodation for less than 1 month and 33 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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