§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted for possession of a knife in public without good reason in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. MacleanInformation available centrally, which is given in the table, relating to the number of persons found guilty for possession of knives under the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 section 1, and the Criminal Justice Act 1988, section 139 for the years 1987 to 1991. Information for 1992 is not yet available.
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Bail Hostels in England and Wales in 1993 Police Authority Hostel Beds Cheshire Bunbury House 22 Cheshire Linden Bank 22 Cleveland South Bank 24 Devon and Cornwall Dudley Centre 22 Greater Manchester Chorlton Hostel 27 Gloucestershire Ryecroft 16 Hampshire Dickson House 28 Hampshire Southampton 22 Kent Dover Bail 18 Lancashire Blackburn 18 Leicestershire Howard House 20 Merseyside Merseybank 28 Metropolitan Canadian Avenue 23 Metropolitan Corfton Road 20 Metropolitan Kelley House 28 Metropolitan Kew 14 Metropolitan Tulse Hill 27 North Wales Ty Newydd 12 Northumbria Cuthbert House 22 Northumbria Pennywell 22 Oxfordshire Clarks House 27 South Wales Emroch House 15 Staffordshire Lichfield Road 20 West Midlands Marshall House 22 West Midlands Stonnall Road 12 West Midlands Sycamore Lodge 32 West Midlands Welford 26 South Yorkshire Town Moor 25 West Yorkshire Howden House 27 West Yorkshire Walmer Villas 18 Beds 659 Hostels 30 There are approved probation/bail hostels in 36 police authority areas as listed:
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Probation/Bail Hostels in England and Wales 1993 Police Authority Hostel Beds Avon and Somerset Ashley House 20 Avon and Somerset Bridge House 15 Avon and Somerset Brigstocke Road 29 Avon and Somerset Glogan House 16 Bedfordshire Bedford 25 Bedfordshire Napier Road 23 Cambridgeshire Peterborough 26 Cheshire Bewsey Street 20 Cleveland The Crescent 25 Cumbria Bowling Green 24 Derbyshire Burdett Lodge 25 Devon and Cornwall Lawson House 20 Devon and Cornwall Meneghy House 18 Dorset Bournemouth 25 Dorset Weston 27 Durham Fir Tree Grange 28 Essex Basildon 32 Essex Windyridge 30 Greater Manchester Ascot House 22 Greater Manchester Bradshaw 27 Greater Manchester Hopwood 18 Greater Manchester St. Josephs 29 Greater Manchester Wilton Place 29 Greater Manchester Withington Road 37 Hampshire The Grange 18 West Mercia Braley House 23 Herts St. Albans 26 Humberside Queens Road 19 Kent Fleming House 23 Kent Hollywood Manor 30 Lancashire Highfield House 18 Lancashire Hoole House 24 Leicestershire Charnwood Lodge 18 Leicestershire Kirk Lodge 35 Lincolnshire Wordsworth House 28 Merseyside Adelaide House 22 Merseyside Canning House 27 Merseyside Southwood 23 Metropolitan Beckenham Road 20 Metropolitan Bedford/Shenley 30 Metropolitan Camden House 29 Metropolitan Ellison House 25 Metropolitan KPH 19 Metropolitan Seafield Lodge 14 Metropolitan St. Edmunds 25 Metropolitan St. Mungo 25 Metropolitan St. Vincents 24 Metropolitan West Park 22 Metropolitan Westbourne House 40 North Wales Plas-y-wern 12 Norfolk John Boag House 29 Northamptonshire Bridgewood 23 Northamptonshire Stone House 24 Northumbria Ozanam House 27 Northumbria St. Christophers 22 Nottinghamshire Astral Grove 15 Nottinghamshire Southwell House 16 Nottinghamshire Trent House 22 South Wales Mandeville House 26 Staffordshire Wenger House 42 Suffolk Lightfoot House 22 Suffolk The Cottage 18 Surrey St. Catherines 19 Sussex Brighton 15 Thames Valley Abingdon Road 22 Thames Valley Elizabeth Fry 20 Thames Valley Manor Lodge 27 Thames Valley Milton Keynes 16 Thames Valley St. Leonards 23 Thames Valley Wellesley House 18 West Midlands Bilston 15 West Midlands Carpenter House 16 West Midlands Crowley House 18 West Midlands Stoke Green 22
Police Authority Hostel Beds Warwickshire Kenilworth Road 18 Warwickshire McIntyre House 18 South Yorkshire Centre 45 36 South Yorkshire Norfolk Park 49 South Yorkshire Rookwood 37 West Yorkshire Albion Street 24 West Yorkshire Cardigan House 23 West Yorkshire Elm Bank 17 West Yorkshire Ripon House 17 West Yorkshire St. Johns House 28 Beds 1,993 Hostels 84 The approved hostel expansion programme aims to provide 1,365 additional places between April 1988 and March 1996. Of these, 914 are already on stream and are included in the tables. The remaining places have been provisionally allocated but until the appropriate properties or sites are identified the precise numbers cannot be determined.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the bail hostels and combined probation and bail hostels in England and Wales currently operated by voluntary organisations; and what target he has set for increasing this number by 1995.
§ Mr. MacleanThe approved hostels that are currently operated by voluntary managing committees are as listed:
Approved bail hostels in England and Wales managed by voluntary managing committees. Probation area Hostel Location Beds London Inner Kelley House London 28
Probation and bail hostels in England and Wales managed by voluntary managing committees. Probation area Hostel Location Beds Avon Ashley House Bristol 20 Berkshire Elizabeth Fry Reading 20 Essex Windyridge Nayland 30 Kent Hollywood Manor Sevenoaks 30 London Inner KPH London 19 London Inner St. Edmunds London 25 London Inner St. Mungo London 25 London Inner St. Vincents London 24 Merseyside Adelaide House Liverpool 22 Northants Stone House Northampton 24 Northumbria Ozanam House Newcastle/Tyne 25 Northumbria St. Christophers Newcastle/Tyne 22 Warwickshire McIntyre House Nuneaton 18 Yorkshire West Cardigan House Leeds 23 Yorkshire West Ripon House Leeds 17 Yorkshire West St. Johns House Leeds 28 The approved hostel expansion programme aims to provide 1,365 additional places between April 1988 and March 1996. Of these 914 are already on stream. The remaining places have been provisionally allocated but until appropriate properties or sites are identified the precise numbers cannot be determined. Within the overall programme there is no specific target for expansion by voluntary hostels.
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