HC Deb 16 July 1981 vol 8 c432W
Mr. Murphy

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to make parents responsible for the criminal activities of their children.

Mr. Mayhew

We have plans, as set out in the White Paper on young offenders, Cmnd. 8045, to strengthen and clarify the powers of the courts to make parents pay financial penalties imposed on their children, and to increase the amount of the recognisance which parents can be ordered to enter into when bound over to take proper care and control of their children.