§ Mr. David Huntasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juvenile offenders have been kept in custody at remand centres; and how many in the care of local authorities during the last 12 months.
§ Mr. JohnIn 1976 there were about 4,750 receptions of persons aged 14–16 years into remand centres in England and Wales either on remand or under sentence.
I am informed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services that information is not yet available on the number of children and young persons aged under 17 who were kept in the care of local authorities in the last 12 months. During the 12 months to 31st March 1976 a provisional estimate of 5,900 children and young persons came into care on remand or were detained in care on arrest.