§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will assist Kirklees metropolitan borough council in meeting the costs of providing secure accommodation for Glenn and John Howells. [16440]
§ Miss WiddecombeThe cost of accommodating juveniles remanded to local authority accommodation is entirely a matter for the local authority concerned.
Since the conviction and sentence of Glenn and John Howells on 12 February, the cost of their detention in secure local authority accommodation has been met by the Prison Service.