§ Baroness Davidasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether corporal punishment of children:
is permitted in the following Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom: Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. [HL199]
- (a) in schools;
- (b) in residential institutions for children;
- (c) in the penal system, either as a sentence of the courts or as a punishment in penal institutions;
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanThe available information on corporal punishment of children in the Overseas Territories is as follows:
Corporal punishment of children permitted:
In schools In residential institutions for children In the penal or judicial system Anguilla yes no such institutions no Bermuda yes yes no British Virgin Islands yes no legislation yes Cayman Islands yes not practised no Falkland yes but never no such no Islands practised institutions Gibraltar no legislation but never practised no legislation but never practised no Montserrat yes no such institutions no Pitcairn yes no such institutions no St. Helena no no no Turks and Caicos Islands yes no such institutions no