§ 35. Sir Anthony Royleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the figures for the 12 months to 31st December 1977 concerning bail hostels run by the probation services, giving the number of residents received, the number of residents who absconded, the number of residents who committed further offences while in residence, the number of residents subsequently found not guilty, the number of residents who subsequently received non-custodial sentences and the number of residents who subsequently received custodial sentences.
§ Dr. Summerskill676 persons were received in approved bail hostels in the 12 months ending 31st December 1977. Of those whose cases were finally dis658W posed of during the period, 296 were found not guilty, 237 were given non-custodial sentences and 59 were sentenced to some form of custody. 119 absconded, some of whom returned. Statistics of residents who committed further offences are not available.