§ 53. Sir R. Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many magistrates' courts in England and Wales have a detention centre available to them when a vacancy exists; and how many such magistrates' courts have no detention centre available for their use.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerOut of about 1,000 petty sessional areas in England and Wales, approximately 270 can commit to senior detention centres and 410 to junior detention centres. Some can commit to both. I plan to provide at least twelve detention centres, including the four already in existence, and I hope that these will be sufficient to cover the country. Work on four of the eight further centres needed is already in progress, and I hope that by the end of the year work will have begun on another two.