§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hostels for alcoholics and drunks are now in operation; where they are sited; how many persons they cater for; how many other hostels are planned and for how many persons; and when they will be build or in operation.
(A) HOSTELS PREVIOUSLY IN THE HOME OFFICE AFTER CARE SCHEME Organisation Address of Hostel Number of Places Wayback Foundation Castle Close, Plymouth, Devon 13 Salvation Army Gloucester House, 6 High Street, Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire. 16 Spitalfields Crypt Trust Christchurch, Spitalfields 19 Downham Lodge, 284 Amhurst Road, N.10 12 Christian Action (Homeless in Britain) 60 Settle Street, E.1 7 Bow Mission Clapham House, 302 Devons Road, E.3 20 Helping Hand Organisation Hartley House, 31 Madeley Road, W.5 12 Giles House, 23 Grove Park, S.E.5. 18 Kenmore House, 31/32 Grove Park, S.E.5 10 Richards House, Townley Street, Middleton, Lanes. 8 Birmingham Diocesan Council Prospect Hill House, 18 Wretham Road, Birmingham 10 Royal London Aid Society 1205 London Road, S.W.16 16 Bridgehead Housing Association Elleswick Lodge, Park Road, Newcastle on Tyne 16 Bridgehead (Nottingham) Housing Association. 25 Addison Street, Nottingham 12 Alcoholics Recovery Project. Rathcoole House, 2 Ferndale Road, S.W.4 11 6 Lynette Avenue, S.W.4 7 12 Cranmer Road, S.W.9 (to be replaced by 8 places at 35 Camberwell New Road, S.E.5). 4 Oxford and District Council on Alcoholism. 81 Cowley Road, Oxford 5 195 Iffley Road, Oxford 9 Society of St. Dismas St. Aubyns House, 30/32 Cranbury Avenue, Southampton. 14 Hampshire Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. 35 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hants. 9 248 118W
(B) HOSTELS SUPPORTED SINCE 1ST APRIL 1973 Organisation Address of Hostel Number of Places St. Anne's Shelter and Housing Action Ltd. 40 Kelso Road, Leeds … 12 16 Kendal Lane, Leeds … 4 St. Marks House, 186 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds … 20 Alcoholics Recovery Project 39 Haselrigge Road, S.W.4 … 6 6 Lynette Avenue … 7 19 Cavendish Road, S.W.4 … 8 51 Rosenthal Road, S.E.6 … 10 105 Howson Road, S.E.4 … 6
§ Dr. OwenForty-four hostels for recovering alcoholics, providing 494 places, have been supported by capital and/or deficit revenue grants as envisaged in Circular 21/73 "Community Services for Alcoholics". Before 1st April 1973, 21 of these hostels were in the Home Office After Care Scheme. Details are below. Proposals for three new hostels to provide 25 additional places are being considered but it is difficult to forecast the pace of further development. There are also two local authority hostels, together providing 16 places. The Department con-sides any application from a voluntary organisation for a grant to set up new hostels for alcoholics where it can be established that there is a need and the application is supported by the local authority.
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Organisation Address of Hostel Number of Places Helping Hand Organisation 4 Glebelands Road, Prestwich 12 63 Whitstable Road, Canterbury 12 Miliken House, 116 Argyle Road, Ealing, W.13 7 27 Hoole Road, Chester 12 Allen House Charity Allen House, 112 Aid wick Road, Bognor Regis, Sussex. 10 Hampshire Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. 38/40 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hants. 16 Church Army 23 Plymouth Grove, Manchester 6 172 Plymouth Grove, Manchester 10 Birmingham Diocesan Council Prospect Hill House, 20 Wretham Road, Birmingham. 10 Avon Council on Alcoholism. 21 Tyndalls Park Road, Bristol 21 Fairmeadow Hostel Committee 10/11 Fairmeadow, Maidstone, Kent 14 Scunthorpe Committee for Alcoholism 6 Old Crosby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. 7 Hastings Hostel Ltd 25, 27, 29 Lower Hastings Street, Leicester 17 Anac House Project 4 Meriden Street, Coventry 9 Kenward Trust Kenward House, Yalding, Kent 10 246
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what criteria were employed in deciding to site the first detoxification centre at Leeds; and whether they included relative severity of drunkenness in other towns such as London or Liverpool.
§ Dr. OwenIn 1973 the Department accepted responsibility to provide one or two experimental detoxification centres and invited proposals: several, including schemes from London and Liverpool have been or are being explored. The availability and co-operation of the necessary back-up facilities for treatment and rehabilitation must always be ensured. Leeds, a community based scheme, will be the first to open of the proposals put forward from the urben areas with the highest annual records of convictions for drunkenness.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what provision is to be made for the treatment of alcoholics between 1st April 1976 when the order bringing into effect Section 34 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 comes into force and May when the first detoxification centre is expected to open.
§ Dr. OwenSection 34 is an enabling provision, which is at present likely to be used only where experimental schemes for detoxification are started. It enables the Secretary of State for Social Services to designate such centres as places to which the police can take those they find drunk in public places. It will first be used when the Leeds experiment opens.