HC Deb 19 April 1956 vol 551 c95W
26. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent the seven per cent. decline in the infliction of corporal punishment in approved schools last year as compared with the previous year is due to the smaller number of children in those schools.

Mr. Deedes

As my right hon. and gallant Friend said in reply to the hon. Member's Question on 1st March, the number of occasions on which corporal punishment was given in remand homes and approved schools in 1955 was about 7 per cent. less than in 1954. In relation to the average number of children in the homes and schools in those years, there was a slight decrease in the incidence of corporal punishment in remand homes and a slight increase in approved schools.