§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will establish a hostel to provide after-care for ex-inmates of the hospital annexe at Wormwood Scrubs prison.
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§ Mr. MellorEx-inmates of the hospital annexe at Wormwood Scrubs are eligible for referral to voluntary after-care hostels receiving grant-aid from the Home Office. The total of over 3,300 beds available in such hostels includes some provision for offenders with a history of personality disorder or drug dependency. There are plans currently under consideration to extend this provision so as to include a special facility for offenders with drug problems who are released on parole from certain prisons, including Wormwood Scrubs. Discussions are well advanced, and we hope that the new provision will be in use before the end of the financial year.