§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many borstals at present are in operation; how long is the standard or average term served in such a borstal; and what the maximum, minimum and average ages of the people sentenced to it are.
§ Mr. BrittanIn England and Wales there are at present 27 borstals or borstal units and two borstal allocation centres. Sentences of borstal training are indeterminate between six months and two years; the average period spent in custody by persons released in 1978 was nine months. Offenders aged 15 and under 21 are eligible for borstal sentences; the average age of those so sentenced in 1978 was 18 years and two months.