§ 41. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he has not found it possible to send juvenile delinquents, so found, out of confinement under supervision to cleaning and other constructive work for aged persons and others.
§ Miss BaconAs I informed my hon. and learned Friend in answer to a Question on 20th May, such methods have been in use in borstal institutions and approved schools for many years. They have not been extended to young prisoners because the trend of legislation120W has been to keep out of prison all young offenders for whom alternative treatment is possible: consequently young prisoners are in general unlikely to be suitable for this kind of activity.