HC Deb 25 June 1981 vol 7 cc157-8W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many places there were for young offenders in (a) intermediate treatment centres, (b) borstals and (c) detention centres at the lastest convenient date.

Mr. Mayhew

Intermediate treatment centres are a mailer for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services, but I understand that the information requested is not centrally available. On 31 May 1981, the certified normal accommodation of borstals was 5,632 and of detention centres was 2,051.

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the latest figures for the reconviction rates of young offenders who have attended intermediate treatment programmes; and what are the reconviction figures for those young offenders who have been in (a) Borstals and (b) detention centres.

Mr. Mayhew

Separate information is not collected centrally on those young offenders who have received a supervision order containing a provision for intermediate treatment which was activated. Reconviction rates of young offenders two years from the date of discharge from

United States of America Japan European Community All foreign controlled establishments All United Kingdom and foreign controlled private sector establishments
Number employed—thousands
1973 624 N/A 107 822 7,268
1977 712 1 137 1,014 6,883
Increase/(decrease) 88 N/A 30 192 (385)

borstals and detention centres are published annually in "Prison statistics, England and Wales"—tables 8.4 and 8.6 of the issue for 1979, Cmnd 7978.