HC Deb 08 June 1978 vol 951 cc202-3W
40. Mr. Edward Gardiner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied that full use is being made of detention centres.

Mr. John

Yes. There are few vacancies in the senior detention centres and there is pressure on the accommodation in the six junior detention centres.

41. Mr. Mayhew

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to increase the number of places available in detention centres in England and Wales.

Mr. John

The major increase in the number of places available in detention centres in the next few years will come from the building of a new 200-place senior detention centre at Northridge in Suffolk.