Young Offender Institutions

HC Deb 10 December 2001 vol 376 cc709-10W

Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the(a) use and (b) role in punishment and rehabilitation of young offender institutions run by the Army. [20958]

Mr. Ingram

I have been asked to reply.

The Army do not run young offender institutions for the Home Office. They do, however, operate the Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC) in Colchester. The