Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 April 2001.
Phyllis Starkey
Labour, Milton Keynes South West
12:00,
9 April 2001
The Minister will be aware that many of the young people who are likely to go into such secure units have very poor educational achievement and often a variety of other problems. Can he assure me that the units will be sufficiently well funded to provide good-quality support for those young people, meeting their education and other needs, so that they have a realistic chance of leaving the unit able to lead a law-abiding life it their community?
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