PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Young Offenders: Housing (27 October 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 67210 on Young Offenders: Housing, how the funding made available in the 2021 Spending Review was allocated by region.

Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)

The Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 announced £259 million of funding to maintain capacity and expand provision in secure and open residential children’s homes.

Following this, the department launched two waves of bidding rounds for local authorities to submit applications for this funding for both open and secure children’s homes. The department has allocated £112 million of this funding to local authorities throughout England and we are working with them to deliver projects by March 2025. Of this, £17 million has been allocated to open children home projects and £95 million to secure children’s home projects. This includes plans to build two new secure children’s homes in London and the West Midlands, and the rebuild and expansion of an existing home in Lincolnshire. These areas are currently lacking in provision for children and were priorities for this funding round.

The remaining funding will be allocated to open and secure children’s homes projects this financial year. The department is unable to set out regional awards until all clearances are in place. When all funding has been agreed, and successful local authorities have been notified, the department will share final award details, including regional funding allocations.

Answered by:
Claire Coutinho (Conservative)
8 November 2022