HC Deb 25 April 1929 vol 227 c1076W
Mr. DAY

asked the Home Secretary the number of youths at present in the collecting centre at Wandsworth who are awaiting removal to Borstal institutions, and the number of these youths who have been awaiting transfer for a period exceeding six months?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

There are at the present moment 108 lads who, having been sentenced to Borstal detention, are awaiting removal to a Borstal institution. No lads at Wandsworth await transfer to a Borstal institution for as long as six months.