§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many schemes for daytime imprisonment are currently in operation; and what plans there are to increase the number of these.
§ Mr. MayhewThere is at present no provision in law for daytime imprisonment. The hon. Lady may have in mind the reference that the Magistrates' Association, in putting forward proposals for day imprisonment, made to the probation control unit at Medway in Kent; my noble Friend will write to her about this.