The Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations 1991

Records to be kept in respect of a child in secure accommodation in a community home

17.  Whenever a child is placed in secure accommodation in a community home the local authority which manages that accommodation shall ensure that a record is kept of–

(a) the name, date of birth and sex of that child,

(b) the care order or other statutory provision by virtue of which the child is in the community home and in either case particulars of any other local authority involved with the placement of the child in that home,

(c) the date and time of his placement in secure accommodation, the reason for his placement, the name of the officer authorising the placement and where the child was living before the placement,

(d) all those informed by virtue of regulation 9, 14 or 16(3) in their application to the child,

(e) court orders made in respect of the child by virtue of section 25 of the Act,

(f) reviews undertaken in respect of the child by virtue of regulation 15,

(g) the date and time of any occasion on which the child is locked on his own in any room in the secure accommodation other than his bedroom during usual bedtime hours, the name of the person authorising this action, the reason for it and the date on which and time at which the child ceases to be locked in that room, and

(h) the date and time of his discharge and his address following discharge from secure accommodation

and the Secretary of State may require copies of these records to be sent to him at any time.