Five secure children's homes have closed this year and chair Roy Walker fears more may follow because they will be seen as "an optional extra" within the reform of children's services.
He believes the problem could be solved if secure children's homes and larger young offenders institutions were managed by a centrally run public-sector body such as the Youth Justice Board, which earlier this month launched a major consultation on secure facilities (Children Now, 10-16 November).
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