Youth Detention Accommodation (YDA)

If a child is charged with an offence and has been refused bail, the child will be remanded to local authority accommodation, unless they meet the conditions to be sent to youth detention accommodation (YDA).¹

If a child is sent to youth detention accommodation (YDA), the Youth Offending Team (YOT) assesses the child and then the Youth Justice Board (YJB) decides whether a child is sent to a secure children’s home, secure training centre or a Young Offenders Institution (YOI).²

1. Section 98 and 99 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. Also see LASPO 2012: The New Remand Framework, Ministry of Justice Circular No. 2012/06  (back)
2. See ‘Placing young people in custody: guide for youth justice practitioners, Youth Justice Board for England & Wales, 31 July 2014  (back)