CYP Now has learned that the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has "decommissioned" nine beds at East Moor SCH in West Yorkshire and is in talks to decommission a further six beds at Aycliffe SCH in County Durham.
The move will see the total number of YJB-commissioned beds fall by eight per cent, from 191 to 176 across the 10 SCHs in which it places children. In 2002, the YJB commissioned 274 places.
The news will reignite fears for the future of secure children’s homes in light of falling custody levels and the YJB's ongoing plans to proceed with the decommissioning of beds across the secure estate.
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