§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what alternative methods of punishment are practised in community homes in place of corporal punishment.
§ Dr. OwenControl in a community home should be maintained primarily on the basis of good personal relationships between the staff and children, as the equivalent of good parental control. Alternative methods used to reinforce this control include stopping pocket money for deliberate malicious damage to property or stealing money; restrictions on watching TV and on outside recreational activities; withdrawal of privileges; and loss of home leave. The particular measures adopted would vary between one local authority and another and even between one home and another, the object being to provide the measures of control best suited to the home and the type of children there.