§ Mr. Merlyn Reesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to give his formal consent to the Yorkshire Regional Plan for Community Homes, submitted to his Department on 31st December 1971, in view of the urgent need to increase the facilities required to deal with juvenile delinquency in the city of Leeds.
§ Mr. AlisonA revised plan was submitted in February of this year and an updated version in September. The work of analysing this very detailed plan in consultation with the regional planning committee, and of flitting it into a national pattern alongside other regional plans, is nearing completion and my right hon. Friend hopes to be able to approve it shortly to come into operation on 1st April 1973.