The move means all YOIs will now receive £7,000 per young person, but a number are understood to be unhappy as they have been forced to cut back on education provision for offenders.
The situation arose when the contract for the education of young people in YOIs, currently held by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), was renewed in August 2009.
The new contracts will remain in place beyond April, when the responsibility for education shifts from the LSC to local authorities.
Penelope Gibbs, director of the Prison Reform Trust's campaign to reduce the number of children and young people in custody, said: "The children should be getting as many hours of education as they would in the community if they were in school.
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