§ Lady HermonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many juveniles, broken down by gender, have been locked up in the Juvenile Justice Centre for(a) 20 hours, (b) 21 hours, (c) 22 hours, (d) 23 hours and (e) 24 hours in each month of this year. [185086]
§ Mr. SpellarThe Juvenile Justice Centre for Northern Ireland does not collect this information routinely at present. The information is contained in paper records. The cost of obtaining this information would be significant and disproportionate. The Centre has 347W recently amended its recording systems to collect information on single separation and the Centre is planning to store all such information on a database.