§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number and proportion of boys received into detention centres in any recent convenient period who were assessed as being unfit and removed from the regime or transferred to another establishment.
§ Mr. MellorThe information is not available currently. However, the prison department recently initiated a three-month monitoring study to determine the incidence of cases where, on reception, an inmate was assessed as unsuitable for detention in a detenction centre because of his physical or mental condition and the action taken in each case. I will write to the hon. Member when the results of the study are available.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on the percentage of juveniles and young adults, respectively, received into detention centres who (a) have been in the care of a local authority and (b) have been in residential care.
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested is not recorded centrally.