§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been sent to approved schools in the last five years, on orders of juvenile courts, on the ground that they failed to attend school and/or that they were in need of care and protection.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe courts have power to send children and young persons to approved schools on several grounds besides the commission of an offence. Particulars of orders made under each of the relevant provisions of the law are given at the end of Table XII of the Criminal Statistics.
The following table shows the numbers of approved school orders made by juvenile courts in each of the last five years in respect of children and young persons on the grounds (a) that they were in need of care or protection (Section 62 (1) of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933), and (b) that committal to an approved school was necessary to secure their regular attendance at school (Section 40 (3) of the Education Act, 1944):
way as they are awarded to the senior ranks.
§ 80. Mr. Longdenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress he is making in his consideration of legislation to enable the pay increment of the police force, granted by the recent arbitration award, to date from 8th September, 1955.
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§ 83. Mr. Marloweasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the widespread dissatisfaction at the failure to implement the arbitrator's award to make the new scales of police pay for ranks between chief inspector and constable retrospective to 8th September, 1955; and whether he will introduce legislation to amend the Police Act, 1919, to permit the award to be made retrospective in view of the fact that such amending legislation was promised in 1953.
§ 84. Mr. W. R. Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has completed his consideration of the difficulties which arise from the present state of the law and which prevent the implementation of the award of the Police Arbitration Tribunal of 31st May, 1956; and if he will make a statement.
§ 86. Mr. G. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has now completed his consideration of the legal difficulties involved in implementing the award of the Police Arbitration Tribunal of 31st May, 1956; and if he will make a statement.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeAs I indicated in reply to a Question by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for South Shields (Mr. Ede) on 21st June, Her Majesty's Government are not prepared to introduce legislation to give effect to the recent award of the arbitrators. The Secretary of State for Scotland and I are, however, exploring the possibility of amending legislation to remove the present difficulties in relation to any future agreements or awards. This raises difficult issues, which we hope we shall be able to resolve in the near future.
§ 87. Mr. G. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much he estimates his Department saved by the failure to back-date the police arbitration pay award to September, 1955 instead of 16th December, 1955; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeIt is estimated that the cost of giving effect to the December award from 8th September, 1955, would in England and Wales be £1,840,000, of which half would fall on the Exchequer.