§ Mr. ACLAND ALLENasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that at a meeting of the Newcastle Board of Guardians, held on 28th April, it was decided that children on remand should be accommodated at the workhouse; and whether, in view of a statement made on the same date by a member of the hoard of guardians that he had on one occasion found eleven children ill the tramp ward, he can state what arrangements will be made for the housing of remand children separately from the other inmates of the workhouse?
§ Mr. BURNSMy attention has not been drawn to the matter. I may explain that under Section 108 (4) of the Children Act, 1908, a board of guardians may, subject to the consent of the Local Government Board, agree with the police authority for the temporary use of a workhouse as a place of detention for children and young persons required to be detained under that Act. I have not received any application for consent to the Newcastle-on-Tyne workhouse being used for this purpose.