§ Mr. Wyattasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many boys and girls, respectively, are now in Borstal institutions.
§ Mr. EdeOn 10th December there were 2,392 boys and 205 girls in Borstal training institutions, and 467 boys and 25 girls in Borstal reception centres.
§ Mr. Wyattasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates of Borstal institutions between 1935–39 have been convicted of crimes subsequent to their release from Borstal; and what proportion does that figure bear to the total number of inmates during that period.
§ Mr. EdeThe available figures relate to inmates discharged during the years 1935 to 1939. Figures relating to recon-victions of girls are for reconvictions up to 31st December, 1943. The figures for reconvictions of boys include a small number who were not reconvicted but whose licences were revoked for failure to observe the conditions of the licences.
in areas thought to be specially liable to attack, there was a total or partial clearance of selected establishments, and all prisoners with less than three months 425W to serve were discharged, and all Borstal inmates who had served not less than six months of their term. Many of the lads so released had not completed their training and would not have been licensed so early but for the necessity of reducing so far as possible the risk to persons in custody.
§ Mr. Wyattasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the system of punishments in Borstal institutions for breaches of regulations.
§ Mr. EdeI would refer my hon. Friend to Regulations 53 to 63 of the Borstal Regulations, S.R. & 0. 1936 No. 191 and 1938 No. 678. of which I am sending him a copy.