§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research has been carried out to ascertain the number and percentage of young offenders who have in the past been committed to borstals; how many and what percentage of such offenders have been again thereafter convicted of a criminal offence; and how many and what percentage are not known to have again offended.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe number and percentage of young offenders sentenced to borstal for indictable offences by year of sentence is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—tables 6.12–6.14 of the volume for 1978, Cmnd. 7670. Reconviction rates within two years of those discharged from borstal by year of discharge are published annually in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales"—tables 8.3–8.4 of the volume for 1978, Cmnd. 7626.