asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the local authorities which have indicated their ability or inability to undertake the care of young girls of an unruly character for report on behalf of his Department, or the courts, pending a case brought before the court for a hearing; and if he will make a statement.

I have received letters from the local authorities in St. Helens, Sefton, Dudley, Devon, and Leicestershire on this subject. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services and I are satisfied that sufficient secure accommodation is available throughout the country to enable a suitable place to be found for any unruly girl if proper use is made of the arrangements for inter-regional co-operation.