§ Mr. Mikardoasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are made in prisons to assist those who have been granted bail but have been unable to contact sureties.
§ Dr. SummerskillThere are staff specially chosen to help and advise on bail at all prisons which receive prisoners in custody or committed in custody for trial or sentence. Every effort is made to get in touch with sureties and, where the facilities exist, prisoners are normally able to use the telephone for this purpose.
§ Mr. Mikardoasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many defendants in a recent convenient period were received into prison after being granted bail, and how many remained in prison for more than two days and how many for more than a week.
§ Dr. SummerskillI regret that this information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate effort and cost.