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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2026 No. 239
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention
Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Made - - - - 4th March 2026
Laid before Parliament 11th March 2026
Coming into force - - 1st April 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 103(2)
(a) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012(1).
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention
Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 1st April 2026.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Amendments to the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation)
Regulations 2013
2. Regulation 3 of the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation)
Regulations 2013(2) (liability for costs of a child being subject to a remand to youth detention
accommodation) is amended as follows—
(a) in paragraph (4)(l), after “2025” insert “(but before 1st April 2026)”;
(b) after paragraph (4)(l), insert—
“(m) on or after 1st April 2026, £373.”;
(c) in paragraph (5)(q), after “2025” insert “(but before 1st April 2026)”;
(d) after paragraph (5)(q), insert—
“(r) on or after 1st April 2026, £1027.”;
(e) in paragraph (6)(n), after “2025” insert “(but before 1st April 2026)”;
(1) 2012 c. 10.
(2) S.I. 2013/507; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/2243, 2014/562, 2014/981, 2014/2931, 2015/569, 2016/330,
2017/230, 2017/1147, 2018/250, 2018/498, 2018/1126, 2019/508, 2020/241, 2021/287, 2022/274, 2023/310, 2024/327,
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(f) after paragraph (6)(n), insert—
“(o) on or after 1st April 2026, £1230 (except where the secure children’s home
is a secure 16 to 19 Academy(3), where the applicable amount is £852).”.
Jake Richards
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
4th March 2026 Ministry of Justice
(3) “Secure 16 to 19 Academy” is defined in section 1B(7) of the Academies Act 2010 (c. 32); “secure children’s home” is
defined in regulation 2(1) of the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/541) and includes a secure 16 to
19 Academy.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation)
Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/507) by inserting a new amount that designated authorities are liable to
pay the Secretary of State in respect of each night which a child is detained on remand in a young
offender institution (increased from £353 to £373), a secure training centre (increased from £941 to
£1027), a secure children’s home (increased from £968 to £1230), unless the secure children’s home
is a secure 16 to 19 Academy (decreased from £859 to £852).
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