§ Mr. Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the longest time that has been spent in Strangeways Prison, Manchester, by anybody sentenced to Borstal training; when it was; and what was the cause of the delay.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganNine months in the case of a young man who was medically unfit for borstal training and discharged from Manchester on 31st August, 1966, after receiving treatment in the prison and at an outside hospital.
§ Mr. Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average length of time spent in Strange-ways Prison, Manchester, by persons sentenced to Borstal training during the year 1968; and what was the equivalent period for each of the previous four years.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganStrangeways Prison, Manchester, has been used as a borstal allocation centre only since May 1966. The only complete year for which figures are thus available is 1967 when the average length of time spent by boys sentenced to borstal training was 5.51 weeks.