§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many bail hostel places are available in England and Wales.
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§ Mr. John PattenThere are 18 specialist bail hostels providing 243 places. In addition, there are 81 hostels providing 1,647 places either for persons subject to a probation order for bailees. Over the next two years, 440 bail hostel places will be created.
§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what percentage of all defendants who appeared before the courts in England and Wales in 1987 and 1988 were bailed(a) with and (b) without conditions;
(2) how many persons during 1987 and 1988 who were remanded into custody in England and Wales at a first hearing were subsequently bailed;
(3) how many persons who had been charged with a summary offence were remanded in custody in England and Wales during the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John PattenThe available information, which may be incomplete, relates to those remanded on bail or in custody during magistrates courts hearings or at committal to the Crown court and is shown in tables 8.5 and 8.7 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1987", respectively. Reliable information is not available centrally on whether conditions were attached to bail or on how many of those initially remanded in custody were subsequently bailed.