Details provided by the Youth Justice Board show that the three methods are being invested in by four consortia of youth offending teams (YOTs) that are trialling devolved custody budgets, which launched at the start of October.
The pilots are being handed a total of £3.57m in grant funding over the next two years to achieve an overall reduction of the equivalent of 63 beds in that time.
While appearing a modest figure against the current under-18 custody figure of 2,106, the 63 beds equate to 22,985 "bed nights", a reduction of 20 per cent for all four areas over a 24-month period.
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