Corporal Punishment of Children in the Overseas Territories

HL Deb 14 December 1998 vol 595 cc134-5WA

Baroness David

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether corporal punishment of children:

1. (a) in schools;
2. (b) in residential institutions for children;
3. (c) in the penal system, either as a sentence of the courts or as a punishment in penal institutions;

is permitted in the following Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom: Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. [HL199]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

The available information on corporal punishment of children in the Overseas Territories is as follows:

Corporal punishment of children permitted:

	In schools	In residential institutions for children	In the penal or judicial system
Anguilla	yes	no such institutions	no
Bermuda	yes	yes	no
British Virgin Islands	yes	no legislation	yes
Cayman Islands	yes	not practised	no
Falkland	yes but never	no such	no
Islands	practised	institutions
Gibraltar	no legislation but never practised	no legislation but never practised	no
Montserrat	yes	no such institutions	no
Pitcairn	yes	no such institutions	no
St. Helena	no	no	no
Turks and Caicos Islands	yes	no such institutions	no