STRANRAER INDUSTRIAL REFORMATORY.

HC Deb 18 July 1927 vol 209 c26

53. Mr. BUCHANAN

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the weekly cost of keeping a lad at, the Stranraer Industrial Reformatory?

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for SCOTLAND (Mr. MacRobert)

The average cost of maintenance (including training) in Stranraer Reformatory School during the year ended 31st March, 1927, was 36s. 6d. per head per week.

Mr. HARDIE

Does that 36s. 6d. spent per week for each boy in the reformatory include the sum that he is allowed when he leaves?

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for SCOTLAND

I should require notice of that question.

Mr. BUCHANAN

Will the hon. and learned Gentleman make representations to the proper quarter that the Government should spend one-third of this sum on reforming boys before they become bad, instead of spending a large sum after the boys have actually become criminals?