§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) on whose authority binoculars were issued to investigators in his Department; how many have been issued; what was their total cost; by whom they are used and for what purpose; and if there are any guidelines as to their use;
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§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 14 to 16-year-olds (a) boys and (b) girls remanded in custody in 1978 were held in local prisons.
§ Mr. BrittanInformation is not available in the form requested. However, of the boys and girls aged 14 to 16 received on remand into prison department establishments in England and Wales in 1978, 168 boys and 104 girls were received into a local prison on initial remand or were discharged from a local prison at the end of their period of remand in custody.