HC Deb 24 March 1980 vol 981 cc387-8W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what activities and courses he is proposing to finish at New Hall and Send detention centres; and why.

Mr. Whitelaw

I shall announce full details of the regimes at the two centres, including changes, before the pilot project commences.

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the light of staff apprehension that the relationship between staff and trainees will become more impersonal, with consequent extra tension, in the event of tougher regimes being established at New Hall and Send detention centres, if he will take action to alter the proposed regimes.

Mr. Whitelaw

No; guidance to staff will emphasise the importance of retaining close relationships between staff and inmates.