§ 38. Sir Anthony Royleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the numbers of residents of bail hostels subsequently found not guilty has increased from 3.4 per cent. in 1976 to 50 per cent. in 1977, as set out in his reply to the hon. Member for Richmond on 25th May.
§ Dr. SummerskillI regret that an error occurred in the answer to the hon. Member's Question on 25th May—[Vol. 950, c. 657–8.] The words "not guilty" in the second sentence should have read "guilty". Of the residents in bail hostels whose cases were finally disposed of during 1977, nine were found not guilty—2.9 per cent. compared with 3.4 per cent. in 1976.