HC Deb 03 November 1994 vol 248 cc1343-4W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral answer of 14 May,Official Report 1992, columns 737–38, if he is now in a position to state when he intends to end the practice of remanding juveniles to adult prisons.

Mr. Maclean

It is the Government's policy to end remands of juveniles to prisons as soon as possible. To this end, local authorities have begun building programmes to increase the stock of secure accommodation specifically for this purpose.