HC Deb 02 July 1976 vol 914 cc304-8W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many voluntary organisations now run hostels for discharged prisoners; how many hostels there are for men and women, respectively; and what is the number of places for each sex;

(2) what progress has been made in voluntary after-care for discharged prisoners since 1968; which organisations have been involved; and what proposals he has for developing this;

(3) what grants are to be paid during the current financial year by his Department to voluntary bodies for after-care work; and if he will list in the Official Report those receiving such grant in aid.

Mr. John

Much progress has been made since 1968. The number of grantaided hostels for discharged prisoners run by voluntary organisations increased from 55 providing 619 places at the end of 1968 to 204 with 2,077 places at 31st March 1976. The following table gives details:

Hostels
Male … … … … 118
Female … … … … 20
Mixed … … … … 66
Total … … … … 204
Places
Male … … … … 1,361
Female … … … … 117
Mixed … … … … 599
Total … … … … 2,077

The organisations concerned are in List A below.

In order to make better provision for the varying needs of different organisations and to allow a modest expansion of facilities, a more flexible grant scheme was introduced on 1st April.

An increasing variety of accommodation for discharged offenders, such as supported lodgings and flatlets, has been provided both by voluntary organisations and by the probation and after-care service. Facilities for discharged offenders, other than accommodation, include employment placement services, supported work projects and an education centre.

The voluntary organisations receiving Home Office grants for these purposes are in List B; List C shows those which have received non-recurring grants.

The probation and after-care service has greatly expanded the support given to discharged offenders at their request. Over 18,000 persons were being helped on this basis at the end of 1974 as compared with 5,490 at the end of 1968. Provision is being sought in current Estimates for £1,457,000 to be paid by the Home Office to voluntary organisations for after-care work in the financial year 1976–77.

List A

VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS RECEIVING RECURRING GRANTS FOR PROVIDING HOSTELS

  • The Stonham Housing Association
  • Coke Hole Trust
  • Society of St. Francis
  • Banbury Cross Housing Association
  • Foundry House
  • Bath Link of Friendship Hostels Ltd
  • Bath Advice and Care Unit
  • Church of England Council for Social Aid
  • Bedfordshire Discharged Prisoners Aid Society
  • Women's Royal Voluntary Service
  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul
  • Newhaven Housing Association
  • Adullam Homes
  • Yardley House for Girls
  • Shape Housing Community Project
  • Christian Action
  • Harambee Housing Association
  • Birmingham Settlement
  • St. Basil's Centre
  • Nightcap Association
  • Selcare Trust
  • Bournemouth Churches Housing Association
  • Langley House Trust
  • Brighton Young Man's Christian Association
  • St. Paul's Project for Girls at Risk
  • Bristol Cura Trust
  • St. Mary's Tyndalls Park Trust
  • Bristol After-Care Support Effort
  • Egerton Road Bristol Housing Association Ltd
    • 306
  • Bristol Students Project
  • Ramsay Housing Association Ltd
  • Friends of Essex Prisoners
  • Church House Trust
  • South West Midlands Housing Association
  • Bridgehead (Cheshire) Ltd
  • Margery Fry Memorial Fund
  • Margery Fry Memorial Trust
  • Sussex Discharged Prisoners Aid Society
  • Crawley Aid the Homeless
  • Shilhay Communiities
  • Outlet Ltd
  • Dover Bridgehead
  • Durham Cyrenians Ltd
  • Esher Association for the Prevention of Addiction
  • Surrey Community Development Trust
  • Exeter After-Care Support Effort
  • St. Albans Diocesan Police Court Mission
  • Bridgehead (Hereford) Housing Association
  • High Wycombe Churches
  • Huddersfield Bridgehead Housing Association
  • Trustees of Howard House
  • Dora Jessop Trustees
  • Liberty Trust
  • Uxbridge Hostel Committee
  • Helping Hand Organisation
  • New Life Foundation Trust
  • Bridgehead (Cumbria) Housing Association
  • Patchwork Community Ltd
  • Skelmersdale Holland Community of Social Services
  • NACRO Community Enterprises
  • Kirkstall Lodge Ltd
  • Acorn Trust
  • St. Georges Crypt, Leeds
  • The Wayside Trust
  • Emmanuel Lodge Trust
  • INFO Committee
  • Liverpool Youth Organisation Committee
  • Liverpool Quakers Flatlets Scheme
  • The Avenue Project
  • Catholic Fund for Homeless and Destitute Men
  • Penrose Charity
  • The SOS Society
  • Norman House Committee
  • Third House Committee
  • St. Mungo Community Trust
  • ROMA Housing Association Ltd.
  • The Griffins Society
  • Middlesex Area Voluntary Hostels Accommodation Committee
  • Ex-Service Fellowship Centres
  • Cameron Group
  • Deliverance International
  • Royal London Aid Society
  • Carr Gomm Society Ltd.
  • Community Drug Project
  • Melting Pot Foundation
  • The Bridge Hostel for Drug Addicts and Ex-Prisoners Committee
  • West London Mission
  • Catholic Prisoners Social Services
  • Elizabeth Housing Association
  • Hill House Trust
  • Pye Barn Trust
  • Bravington Road Project
  • Church Army
  • Salvation Army
  • Richmond Fellowship
  • Paddington Young Peoples' Hostel Association
  • NACRO London Region
  • Acton Residential Club
    • 307
  • Recidivists Anonymous Fellowship Trust Housing Association
  • Eastern House Bridgehead Housing Association
  • Springboard Trust
  • Denton House Committee
  • Charter House Trust
  • William House Trust
  • Contact Association
  • Teeside Hostel Association
  • The Life of the World
  • Newland Project
  • Norfolk ACRO
  • Norfolk and Suffolk DPAS
  • The Alma Trust
  • Family First Trust
  • Oxford Diocese GFS
  • The Elmore Committee
  • The Ley Community (Oxford) Ltd.
  • Trustees of Friary House
  • Somerset After-care Society
  • Manchester and Salford Methodist Mission
  • Ardlas Housing Association
  • Blighty Trust
  • Bridgehead Housing Association (Scunthorpe) Ltd.
  • Trustees of Norman House
  • Sheffield Hostel Project
  • Society of St. Dismas
  • Frenco House Association (Stafford) Ltd.
  • Standford Grange Trust
  • Phoenix (N. Herts) Hostel Project
  • Bury St. Edmunds ACRO
  • New Ways Trust
  • Swansea and West Wales Trust
  • Lyddington Bridge Association
  • Wakefield and District Young Peoples' Hostel Committee
  • Hollinfare Society
  • Warrington House Project
  • Watford Accommodation Project
  • Wigan After-Care House Trust
  • Hampshire ACRO
  • Brotherhood of Prayer and Action
  • Haven Project
  • Iris House Trust
  • Sevencroft Housing Association
  • Kenward Trust

List B

VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS RECEIVING RECURRING GRANTS FOR SERVICES OTHER THAN HOSTELS

National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders

  • Anchor Club
  • Circle Trust
  • Apex Trust
  • New Bridge
  • Armley Visitors' Centre
  • Bristol Visitors' Centre
  • Brixton Visitors' Centre
  • Pentonville Visitors' Centre
  • Winson Green Visitors' Centre
  • Leicester Visitors' Centre
  • Life Line Trust
  • National Association of Voluntary Hostels (Placement Service)
  • Prisoners' Wives Service
  • Recidivists Anonymous

List C

VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED NON-RECURRING GRANTS

  • The Dashiki Project
  • Cambridge Cyrenians
  • North West Trust
  • Highgate Social Centre
  • Carr's Rehabilitation and Employment Advisory Service
  • Plymouth Stables Youth Group
  • Peter Bedford Project
  • Andover Crisis and Support Centre
  • Hampshire Resettlement of Offenders Coordinating Committee

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what sum is being spent on prison aftercare and on discharge during the current financial year;

(2) what sum is being spent on borstal after-care and on discharge during the current financial year.

Mr. John

Prison and borstal aftercare is part of the responsibility of the probation and after-care service and the expenditure is not separately identifiable. The estimate of expenditure of £1,032,000 in the current financial year on discharge from all penal establishments cannot readily be apportioned between prisons and borstals.