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 Nicholas Bennett Mr Nicholas Bennett , Pembroke 12:00, 21 January 1991

I assure the hon. Gentleman that we shall certainly look at what causes young people to be involved in crime. A range of measures is used at the moment—for instance, intermediate treatment—that do not involve youngsters being put into secure accommodation. We want those measures to be extended as far as possible. As for the hon. Gentleman's question about finance, if we recommend that new secure accommodation should be provided, we intend to look into how it should be paid for.