§ 81. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress is being made respecting the provision of remand homes and approved schools; approximately how many now have to be accommodated in prisons or otherwise dealt with who ought to be in a remand home or an approved school; and to what extent the question of corporal punishment in these institutions is being reconsidered.
§ Mr. EdeAs a result of the steps taken to provide additional accommodation the arrears have in the main been overtaken, and I know of no recent cases of children or young persons being sent to prison or dealt with in some other unsuitable way because of lack of accommodation in remand homes or approved schools. As regards the last part of the Question I would refer my hon. Friend to the replies I gave to Questions on 13th May last.