§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many vacancies there are in each of the existing bail hostels;
(2) how many bail hostels there are; where they are located; how many beds each has, and for what sex; and what further hostels are planned and when they will be in operation.
§ Mr. JohnThe information is as follows:
(ii) additional provision: A further 19 bail hostels are planned at present. Seven of these ate expected to open during the first half of 1978, at Basildon, Blackburn, Leicester, London (for women), Newton Abbot, Manchester and Oxford; and a further five, at Bristol, London, Kew, Luton and Manchester, before 1st April 733W 1979. Premises have yet to be acquired for the seven others.