§ Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary if he is aware of the success of the Italian experiment of allowing lads undergoing Borstal detention to attend municipal technical classes; and will he state the number of lads who had such training in this country during the year 1924 and the number having such facilities afforded them this year?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe Prison Commissioners in their Annual Report for 1923–24 say the experiment has proved a great success. Thirteen lads attended these classes in 1924, and eight have attended them so far during the present year.