§ 59. Mr Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he will take, following the recent tragedy at Buckley Hall Detention Centre, to ensure that inmates of detention centres and other institutions are not required to participate in physical activities which may constitute a danger to life or health; and if he will take action to ensure that, where appropriate, a detailed medical report is available to all magistrates, recorders, chairmen or judges before sentence is passed.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThere are standing instructions designed to ensure that detention centre inmates are not required to participate in physical activities which may constitute a danger to life or health. My right hon. Friend has recently recommended to courts that they should normally consider a social inquiry report before making a detention centre order. This procedure should assist them to identify cases in which a medical report ought also to be obtained.