§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received any proposals from local authorities to establish bail hostels in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythNo such proposals have been received. In October last year I commissioned from the Scottish Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders a study of the options which might exist for the provision of bail accommodation. The report of that study is now under consideration.