Children and Young Persons Bill [HL]

Following on from that, when the prisons inspectors were asked to take part in the first inspections of secure training centres we discovered that our approach, which was based on the aim of the inspection being to help the establishment improve its operational efficiency—it was conducted in the form of a free consultancy—was very different from the rather ““tick box”” approach that was offered. The latter might have produced a result that could then be league-tabled but it did not help the establishment to move forward. We tried very hard to feed our approach into the other inspectorates when they inspected custodial or residential establishments because the staff needed that help. As my noble friend Lord Listowel mentioned, an inspectorate can share its experience of practice in other places or spread good practice. However, the existing structures do not seem to have that procedure built into them.