Secure Accommodation

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 January 1991.

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Photo of Mr Gwilym Jones Mr Gwilym Jones , Cardiff North 12:00, 21 January 1991

South Wales police have told me that 25 per cent. of all crime is auto-related, much of it committed by juveniles who are often on remand awaiting sentence for an earlier crime. In the type of accommodation provided in south Wales, juveniles can go in through the front door and no one stops them going out the back door. That is clearly not good enough; it is quite inadequate. May I press my hon. Friend to take steps as early possible to provide the necessary secure accommodation and thus make a major contribution to reducing the crime rate?