§ Sir R. Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of youths at Borstal institutions; what is the average number at each of the 14 institutions; and how these figures compare with the proportion of staff and masters originally laid down as the minimum required.
§ Mr. EdeOn 18th April the number of youths in Borstal institutions was 3,077. The average number at each institution during the past 12 months is given in the following table. No fixed ratio of staff to inmates has ever been laid down. The present ratio of staff in post to inmates in establishments used exclusively as Borstal institutions is 1:3.8. The comparable figure for 1939 was 1: 4.8.
Institution Daily Average population 12 months ended 31st March, 1950 Borstal 295 Camp Hill 267 Feltham 295 Gaynes Hall 111 Hewell Grange 105 Hollesley Bay 305 Huntercombe 118 Latchmere 117 Lowdham Grange 228 North Sea Camp 119 Nottingham and Gringley Camp 212 Portland 293 Portsmouth 116 Usk 143 Wandsworth 71 Wormwood Scrubs 181
§ Sir R. Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the average monthly escape figures from Borstal institutions; and what proportion of these youths are taken back to these institutions.
§ Mr. EdeDuring the year ended 31st March, 1950, the monthly average number of persons who escaped from Borstal institutions was 96.5. 93 per cent. of these absconders have been returned directly to a Borstal institution, and a further three per cent. have been returned after serving sentences of imprisonment for offences committed while they were at large. Three per cent. are serving sentences of imprisonment for further offences and one per cent. have not been recaptured.