§ Resolution reported, "That it is expedient to authorise the payment, out of moneys provided by Parliament, of the cost of establishing Borstal Institutions in pursuance of any Act of the present session, to make better provision for the Prevention of Crime, and for other purposes incidental thereto, and to authorise the payment to societies of any expenses incurred by them under such Act in assisting or supervising persons discharged from a Borstal Institution."
§ MR. CLAUDE HAYasked what amount it was proposed to pay to societies under the Resolution and whether the Home Secretary would consider the advisability next year of increasing the amount.
§ *THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL,) Yorkshire, Clevelandsaid the Borstal Association existed in order to promote the welfare of persons discharged from prisons where the Borstal system was in operation. Hither to the Treasury had granted £1 for every £1 collected by the association in voluntary subscriptions. The Treasury had been asked, in view of the extension of the system of Borstal treatment, to extend the grant, and they had consented to pay in future £2 for every £1 collected by the association. The sum now collected was £500, and, consequently, the 536 Treasury grant was estimated to amount to about £1,000.