§ Mr. Oakesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new remand homes have been set up in each of the last 10 years; and how many new places for boys and girls, respectively, have been created in each of these years.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe numbers of new remand homes and replacement remand homes opened in England and Wales in each of the years 1959 to 1968 and the numbers of places provided, are given in Tables 1(a) and (b). Table 2 129W gives details of available places in all remand homes for the same period, showing the net gains and losses in places for the same period each year. This
TABLE 1(a) Year Boys New homes Places Girls New homes Places 1959 … … — — — — 1960 … … — — 1 17 1961 … … 1 8 — — 1962 … … 1 14 — — 1963 … … 2 37 — — 1964 … … — — 2 16 1965 … … — — — — 1966 … … — — 1 20 1967 … … 1 20 2 26 1968 … … — — — — 5 79 6 79
TABLE 1(b) Replacement homes Places Replacement homes Places Total Additional Total Additional 1959 … … — — — — — — 1960 … … — — — — — — 1961 … … — — — — — — 1962 … … — — — — — — 1963 … … 2 72 15 — — — 1964 … … — — — 1 30 20 1965 … … 1 30 11 1 36 6 1966 … … 1 30 14 — — — 1967 … … — — — 1 24 6 1968 … … — — — — — — 4 132 40 3 90 32
TABLE 2 Available places, showing net losses and gains At 31st December:— Boys (Net + or -) Girls (Net + or -) 1958 … … … … 924 — 302 — 1959 … … … … 922 -2 311 +9 1960 … … … … 907 -15 330 +19 1961 … … … … 959 +52 330 — 1962 … … … … 1,090 +131 339 +9 1963 … … … … 1,168 +78 361 +22 1964 … … … … 1,167 -1 394 +33 1965 … … … … 1,161 -6 402 +8 1966 … … … … 1,187 +26 397 -5 1967 … … … … 1,123 -64 421 +24 1968 … … … … 1,164 +41 438 +17 +240 +141
§ Mr. Oakesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for the creation of new remand homes have been submitted by local authorities in each of the last three years; and how many have been approved.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganTwo in 1966, one in 1967 and one in 1968. All were approved. Two replace previous remand homes, and two provide new accommodation.
130Wtakes account of all increases or decreases in the number of places available, including any arising from other factors than the setting up of new remand homes.