I think the hon James will agree with me that in instances where children come from very difficult environments or circumstances, the whole question of prison is out of the question. What they need is support. As you have indicated, perhaps they need incentives that would really force them to go to school.
Fortunately, I do not pay grants. Therefore, I would not be the one expected to make such laws. However, anything that would support and assist us in ensuring that kids do indeed go to school would be welcomed fully. Whether this should be linked to grants is not really my territory, but any incentive that would help make sure that our kids are indeed going to school would be welcomed fully.
For your information, we are even looking at setting up psycho-social services within the department to make sure that we could employ our own social workers. We will be making the bid to Treasury to support kids who come from difficult circumstances. This is as far as we can go. As I said, I cannot make laws for Social Services.
Where I come from is that I think it is more important to find ways of supporting them. As you said, we should find different incentives to encourage them to go to school if they come from very difficult circumstances.