Children in Secure Accommodation.

Summary

A request was made to Manx Care for annual statistics on children held in Cronk Sollysh secure accommodation from 2014 to 2024, covering remand, sentencing, police requests, and looked-after status. The authority provided partial data for total children, repeat admissions, and looked-after children, but refused the request regarding police custody for court attendance due to lack of records.

Key Facts

• Manx Care responded to the FOI request on 2024-05-22 regarding children in secure accommodation at Cronk Sollysh.
• Information was withheld for the number of children held at the request of the Isle of Man Constabulary for court attendance.
• The total number of children aged 17 and under held in Cronk Sollysh from 2014 to 2024 is 52.
• The highest number of children held in a single year was 14 in 2020.
• Manx Care suggested contacting the Department of Home Affairs for information not held by them.

Data Disclosed

• 2014
• 2024
• 52
• 14
• 2020
• 3827301
• 2024-04-30
• 2024-05-22
• section 11(3)a

Exemptions Cited

• Section 11(3)a of the Act (practical refusal reason: information not held or cannot be found after reasonable steps)

Original Request

1). How many children aged 17 years of age and under, have been secured in the Cronk Sollysh, broken down per year, since 2014 to date, for those on remand and those sentenced to custody by the court? 2). How many of the children, broken down per year since 2014 to date, have more than once been held in Cronk Sollysh on remand, or were sentenced to custody by the Court. 3). How many children have been held in Cronk Sollysh at the request of the Isle of Man Constabulary for the purposes of waiting to attend the Isle of Man Court broken down per year since 2014 to date. 4). How many children aged 17 years of age and below were held in Cronk Sollysh, broken down per year since 2014 to date, were those deemed as looked-after children in the care of the Department.

Data Tables (4)

Full Response Text

Manx Care Noble’s Hospital, Strang Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 4R (01624) 650 000

Our ref: 3827301 20 May 2024

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 30 April 2024, which states:

"1). How many children aged 17 years of age and under, have been secured in the Cronk Sollysh, broken down per year, since 2014 to date, for those on remand and those sentenced to custody by the court?

2). How many of the children, broken down per year since 2014 to date, have more than once been held in Cronk Sollysh on remand, or were sentenced to custody by the Court.

3). How many children have been held in Cronk Sollysh at the request of the Isle of Man Constabulary for the purposes of waiting to attend the Isle of Man Court broken down per year since 2014 to date.

4). How many children aged 17 years of age and below were held in Cronk Sollysh, broken down per year since 2014 to date, were those deemed as looked-after children in the care of the Department."

I have detailed below the information that is held:

1). How many children aged 17 years of age and under, have been secured in the Cronk Sollysh, broken down per year, since 2014 to date, for those on remand and those sentenced to custody by the court?

Whilst our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find all of the information that you have requested. This is in line with section 11(3)a of the Act, as a practical refusal reason applies; namely we do not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

We can however provide the following information:

Year Number of children 17 years of age and under 2014 3 2015 2 2016 2

2017 1 2018 4 2019 3 2020 14 2021 7 2022 1 2023 8 2024 6 Total 52

2). How many of the children, broken down per year since 2014 to date, have more than once been held in Cronk Sollysh on remand, or were sentenced to custody by the Court.

Whilst our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find all of the information that you have requested. This is in line with section 11(3)a of the Act, as a practical refusal reason applies; namely we do not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

We can however provide the following information.

Year No. of Children held more than once 2014 1 2015 0 2016 0 2017 0 2018 0 2019 0 2020 2 2021 2 2022 0 2023 1 2024 1

3). How many children have been held in Cronk Sollysh at the request of the Isle of Man Constabulary for the purposes of waiting to attend the Isle of Man Court broken down per year since 2014 to date.

Whilst our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. This is in line with section 11(3)a of the Act, as a practical refusal reason applies; namely we do not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

4). How many children aged 17 years of age and below were held in Cronk Sollysh, broken down per year since 2014 to date, were those deemed as looked-after children in the care of the Department. "

Year No. of Children deemed Looked After Children 2014 2 2015 2 2016 2 2017 1 2018 2 2019 2 2020 8 2021 3 2022 1 2023 8 2024 6

To provide further advice and assistance you may wish to contact the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) who may hold the information not held by Manx Care.

Please quote the reference number 3827301 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.