§ 58. Mr. Victor Yatesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that Anthony John Roberts, of Ladywood, Birmingham, was committed to a Borstal institution, on 2nd January, 1967, and is still awaiting transfer in Wormwood Scrubs; and what steps he is taking to prevent boys committed to Borstal having to remain in prison for such long periods.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI have written to my hon. Friend about this boy, who is now at Wellingborough Borstal. Some boys have been kept in borstal allocation centres for longer than I would have wished because of a lack of places at training borstals; but 400 additional places have been provided at the training borstals in the last 12 months.