HC Deb 20 July 2001 vol 372 c668W
Vera Baird

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the referral orders for first-time offenders introduced by the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 will be rolled out nationally; and when they will be available in Redcar. [5069]

Beverley Hughes

On 21 March 2001, the then Home Secretary announced plans for referral orders to be rolled out across England and Wales on 1 April 2002.