Section two The fifth year The Northern Ireland Policing Board Independent Custody Visiting Scheme (NIPBICVS) achieved an increase in the percentage of visitors aged between 16 and 29 within the scheme, from 9% in 2012–13 to 11% in 2013–14. NIPBICVS plans to further increase the representation of younger people in the custody visiting scheme and this group will be targeted in future recruitment campaigns. NIPBICVS reported that despite a reduction in the overall number of people in detention at the time of its visits, there was a slight increase from 2012–13 on the number of detainees spoken to by its custody visitors. NIPBICVS also entered into a voluntary agreement with the Northern Ireland Policing Board, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation by which it is informed of the arrest and detention of individuals under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act. Under this agreement, visitors make announced visits to the detainee as soon as is practicable. Ofsted continued its twice-yearly programme of unannounced inspections of Secure Children’s Homes (SCHs), as well as its annual inspections of Secure Training Centres (STCs) with HMI Prisons and CQC. Emphasis was placed on considering the views and experiences of young people, through a detailed questionnaire and interview with all children in STCs, as well as contacting those who had left centres to obtain their reflections. Ofsted noted increased awareness within SCHs and STCs of the rights of young people. In addition to its ongoing visits, the Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England (OCC) intervened in the case of L and others [2013] EWCA Crim 991, raising the issue of criminal court judges ‘deeming’ the age of undocumented individuals and resulting in children being detained in adult prisons. The judgment provided useful guidance to the criminal courts to prevent this practice. The Children and Families Act 2014, which achieved Royal Assent on 13 March 2014, conferred new powers on the Children’s Commissioner and requires the Commissioner to have regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in considering what constitutes the rights and interests of children. Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA)’s Mental Health and Learning Disability Directorate increased its inspection activity by 63%, carrying out 75 inspections of mental health and learning disability wards. Additional inspections were undertaken in response to complaints, whistleblowing and RQIA’s need to review the management of patients’ finance and belongings. RQIA also provided independent assessment of the completion of the health‑related recommendations in the reform programme instigated as a result of the review of the Northern Ireland Prison Service by Dame Anne Owers.30 The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) raised concerns relating to the treatment of prisoners in Scotland before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against women and the UN Committee against Torture during their periodic reviews of the UK in 2013.31 Among the SHRC’s recommendations were the full implementation of the conclusions of the Commission on Women Offenders; improved availability and accessibility of 30 Published October 2011. 31 http://www.scottishhumanrights.com/resources/policysubmissions/cedawnews2013 and http://www.scottishhumanrights. com/news/latestnews/article/CATreportnews2013 23