Juvenile Offenders (Alcohol)

HC Deb 25 October 1982 vol 29 cc332-3W

Mr. Soley

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he intends to publish the results of research into drinking among juvenile offenders carried out at the Hydebank young offenders centre.

Mr. John Patten:

This research was undertaken with the approval of the Northern Ireland Office but was not commissioned as an official study. The question of publication is not therefore a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State. I understand, however, that the research was not pursued to a conclusion.