asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what accommodation is provided in Midlothian for institutional care of mentally defective juveniles.

The South-Eastern Region as a whole is served by Cogarburn Institution, Edinburgh, and Strathore Institution in Fife, which have respectively 100 and 105 patients under 16. In addition, under arrangements made by the hospital authorities, some 80 places for child and adolescent defectives in the South-Eastern Region are available in institutions run by voluntary bodies in the area.

Is the Minister aware that the practice of keeping these mental defectives in the home is a serious danger to domestic conditions in my constituency?

I am not aware of that.

I have already sent particulars of one case to the Minister and will send particulars of others.