§ Mr. Temple-Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the most recent three years for which figures are available, how many junior attendance centre places were refused to the courts.
§ Mr. BrittanThe courts are not required to ascertain that a place is available before making an attendance centre order. I am not aware of any cases where centres have been unable to accept a juvenile subject to such an order.
§ Mr. Temple-Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he 108W has any plans to phase out attendance centres.
§ Mr. WhitelawNo. I regard attendance centres as a valuable sanction for courts dealing with young offenders and I intend to extend and develop their use as much as possible.