Recommendation 14

Secure schools were intended to be located where there is demand.43 As the National Audit Office described in its report, the Taylor review proposed secure schools as small establishments located in the regions they serve. The Ministry originally planned to open one secure school in the South East and another in the North West because of the rates 32 C&AG’s Report, para 3.5 33 Q15, Q18 34 Q92 35 Q79 36 Q89 37 Q79–Q80 38 Q7; C&AG’s Report, para 8, 1.6 39 Q7; C&AG’s Report, para 1.3 40 Q73 41 Q52 42 Q51 43 Q51, Q70 12 Secure training centres and secure schools of reoffending in these areas and lack of provision in the North West.44 Currently, the Ministry only has only started planning one secure school at the former Medway STC site in the South East.45