§ Mr. ROBERT WILSONasked the Home Secretary the number of young prisoners with sentences of three months and over who are awaiting transfer to collecting centres; the number of lads sentenced to detention in Borstal institutions who are in local prisons awaiting transfer; and the number of each class who have been in local prisons for a period exceeding one month?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe position on the 18th instant was as follows:—57 young prisoners with sentences of three months or over were awaiting transfer to collecting centres. Twenty-eight had been in custody for over one month, but 16 of these with sentences of only three months could not be removed on account of lack of vacancies at the collecting centres. Eight youths sentenced to Borstal detention were awaiting removal from local prisons to the collecting centre for Borstal cases at Wandsworth. None had been waiting for over a month; they are removed weekly to the collecting 43W centre. There were also 42 youths in the collecting centre at Wandsworth, which is separate from the ordinary prison, awaiting allocation to Borstal institutions: of these two had been at the centre over a month.