HC Deb 30 October 1979 vol 972 cc463-4W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 14 to 16-year-old boys were in detention centres at the latest available date.

Mr. Brittan

On 31 August 1979 there were 646 boys aged 14 to 16 serving sentences in detention centres in England and Wales.