§ 5. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department approximately how many absconded from remand homes and approved schools in the last available year, and how many delinquent juveniles or young persons in the same period were sent to private institutions approved by the Home Office.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeDuring 1953, the number of absconders from remand homes was 849, and from approved schools 1,338. Information is not available about the number of delinquent children and young persons accommodated in institutions other than those maintained from public funds.