§ 74. Mr. Woodhouseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will provide capital grants as well as contributions to recurrent expenditure for the purpose of establishing hostels for discharged prisoners.
§ Miss BaconMy right hon. Friend is at present paying grants towards the running costs of after-care hostels. Whether additional financial support, and if so in what form, should be given to 133W voluntary after-care hostels is one of the matters under review by the working party appointed, under the chairmanship of the Dowager Marchioness of Reading. The working party is considering what contribution voluntary effort could make to the after-care of discharged offenders and will advise what particular projects should be considered for assistance from public funds.