HC Deb 26 May 1966 vol 729 c131W
55. Mr. Carlisle

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for the provision of a further detention center in the North West.

Miss Bacon

Sites are being sought in the North-West for an additional centre for senior boys and for a centre for junior boys.

1964 1965 1966
Men Women Men Women Men Women
March 37 16 63 17 49 19
June 49 12 49 29
September 69 27 77 33
December 38 18 36 24
193 73 225 103

Mr. Carlisle

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of people who left the Probation Service in each of the years 1963, 1964 and 1965.

Miss Bacon

77, 133 and 176 respectively. The figures for 1964 include two officers, and those for 1965 nine officers, who were seconded to prison welfare work which, since 1st January, 1966, has become a responsibility of the probation service.

Mr. Carlisle

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the people who left the Probation Service in the year 1965 entered the children's services.

Miss Bacon

33 established officers (24 men and 9 women).