To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many secure training centres and young offender institutions prohibit children from hugging their parents and other family members during visits.[HL2488]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many secure training centres and young offender institutions prohibit children from hugging their parents and other family members during visits.[HL2488]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times a child held in a secure training centre has been examined by a medical professional (a) from within the establishment, and (b) from outside the establishment, following an incident of restraint in each of the past five years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times a child held in a secure training centre has been examined by a medical professional (a) from within the establishment, and (b) from outside the establishment, following an incident of restraint in each of the past five years.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many professional visits by (a) local authority social workers, (b) youth offending team workers, (c) counsellors and therapists, (d) lawyers, (e) independent advocates, (f) Youth Justice Board monitors, and (g) Ofsted inspectors to children detained in secure training centres in the last 12 months were held...

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many professional visits by (a) local authority social workers, (b) youth offending team workers, (c) counsellors and therapists, (d) lawyers, (e) independent advocates, (f) Youth Justice Board monitors, and (g) Ofsted inspectors to children detained in secure training centres in the last 12 months were held...

Lords debate on unstarred question on what is the role and purpose of secure training centres in the appropriate management and rehabilitation of young people in trouble.

Lords debate on unstarred question on what is the role and purpose of secure training centres in the appropriate management and rehabilitation of young people in trouble.

rose to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the role and purpose of secure training centres in the appropriate management and rehabilitation of young people in trouble. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, it is exactly seven years ago, almost to the day, that we debated in this Chamber the...

rose to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the role and purpose of secure training centres in the appropriate management and rehabilitation of young people in trouble. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, it is exactly seven years ago, almost to the day, that we debated in this Chamber the...

My Lords, I am delighted that the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, has secured this debate and introduced it with her usual eloquence and passion. This is an important issue. I want to look briefly at how we might prevent offending in the first place and touch on the issue of substance misuse among...

My Lords, I am delighted that the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, has secured this debate and introduced it with her usual eloquence and passion. This is an important issue. I want to look briefly at how we might prevent offending in the first place and touch on the issue of substance misuse among...

Hear, hear.

Hear, hear.

My Lords, I thank and congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, on obtaining this important and timely debate. I say important, because I believe that any time spent discussing the safeguarding of tomorrow’s generation is important. I say timely, because the inquiry of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, of which I was very privileged to...

My Lords, I thank and congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, on obtaining this important and timely debate. I say important, because I believe that any time spent discussing the safeguarding of tomorrow’s generation is important. I say timely, because the inquiry of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, of which I was very privileged to...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, for securing this debate and for her persistent and passionate advocacy of children in secure training centres. I welcome the fact that the Minister responding has social work training and will understand the concerns expressed in the House that children are being...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, for securing this debate and for her persistent and passionate advocacy of children in secure training centres. I welcome the fact that the Minister responding has social work training and will understand the concerns expressed in the House that children are being...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, for arranging this debate, for her dedication in visiting the secure training centres and finding out what they are really like and, most of all, for sharing with this House her long expertise in childcare, her deep understanding of the needs of children...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, for arranging this debate, for her dedication in visiting the secure training centres and finding out what they are really like and, most of all, for sharing with this House her long expertise in childcare, her deep understanding of the needs of children...

My Lords, I join in the general congratulations and thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, on raising this important subject for debate this evening. I only wish we had a bigger audience for it, because it is certainly a subject that should command greater interest, not least because of the important issues...

My Lords, I join in the general congratulations and thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, on raising this important subject for debate this evening. I only wish we had a bigger audience for it, because it is certainly a subject that should command greater interest, not least because of the important issues...

My Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, for getting this debate at such an opportune time. It is particularly important because of her commitment to child welfare, with which we are all so familiar. I would like to talk about public-private partnerships, which the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, and...

My Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, for getting this debate at such an opportune time. It is particularly important because of her commitment to child welfare, with which we are all so familiar. I would like to talk about public-private partnerships, which the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the arrangements are for parents to visit their children detained in Medway, Rainsbrook and Hassockfield secure training centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the arrangements are for parents to visit their children detained in Medway, Rainsbrook and Hassockfield secure training centres.

What arrangements HMG will put in place to assist financially the families of juvenile offenders in secure training centres when visiting their children in the centres.

What arrangements HMG will put in place to assist financially the families of juvenile offenders in secure training centres when visiting their children in the centres.

What arrangements he will put in place to assist financially the families of juvenile offenders in secure training centres when visiting their children in the centres.

What arrangements he will put in place to assist financially the families of juvenile offenders in secure training centres when visiting their children in the centres.