§ 75. Mr. Liptonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will tabulate the ages of the 428 boys and 496 girls who are in approved schools although they have committed no offence; and if he will list the dates since when they have been so detained.
§ Mr. AlisonIt would require detailed analysis of a large number of case records to provide these particulars, and I regret that this is not practicable. The average period for which all boys stay in approved schools is 18 months: the corresponding period for girls is 17 months.