§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, respectively, the number of beds, the number of patients, the average bed-time and the average number of staff at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, Truro, for each of the years 1970 to 1977.
§ Mr. Michael Clark Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what provisions exist to deal with offenders under the age of 14 years who persistently commit offences while remanded to the care of a local authority.
§ Mr. MoyleSection 24(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 empowers a local authority to place a child 53W remanded into care in secure accommodation in a community home, if it considers this is appropriate.
§ Mr. Michael Clark Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities are in a position to provide adequately secure accommodation for juvenile offenders who have been committed into their care.
§ Mr. MoyleMy Department has asked local authorities to review their estimates of the need for secure accommodation through children's regional planning committees which are currently revising their regional plans. We are already making
NUMBER OF TEENAGERS RECEIVING CERTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS IN YEARS 1972–77 Year Type of Benefit (Showing date of introduction where applicable and the month in each year to which figures apply) 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Supplementary (November/December 1972–74/1975–76) (2). 117,000 77,000 104,000 183,000 215,000 Not yet available Family Income Supplement (October) (2). 1,600 2,100 700 500 500 500 Unemployment (May) … … 52,000 23,000 20,000 44,000 74,000 69,000 Sickness or Invalidity (June) … 33,000 35,000 33,000 28,000 35,000 Not yet available Injury (June) … … … 3,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 3,000 Not yet available Disablement (September) … 500 500 500 600 600 Not yet available Mobility Allowance (introduced January 1976) (December) (3). — — — — 5,000 8,000 Attendance Allowance (December) (3). 5,000 9,000 12,000 15,000 16,000 18,000 Non-contributory Invalidity Pension (introduced November 1975) (June). — — — — 10,000 Not yet available Notes: (1) Some recipients may be receiving more than one benefit. (2) Figures shown are for persons under age 21. (3) Mobility and Attendance Allowance may be payable from age 13.