HC Deb 04 February 1993 vol 218 cc294-5W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the location of all bail support schemes in operation in England and Wales; and if he will indicate for each(a) the magistrates court areas served, (b) the local authority, (c) police force area in which it falls and (d) the number of people dealt with in each of the last three years;

(2) if he will publish a table showing for each bail support scheme currently in operation (a) the number of people aged over 21 years, (b) the number of people aged 18 to 21 years and (c) the number of people aged under 18 years who were involved in each of the last three years;

(3) if he will publish a table showing for each bail support scheme currently in operation in England and Wales (a) the current total cost on a full year basis, (b) the total cost in each of the past three years and (c) the cost per head per week for each scheme in 1991 or for the latest available financial year.

Mr. Jack

[holding answer 3 February 1993]: The Home Office probation supervision grant scheme, established in March 1992, makes available grants to voluntary organisations working in partnership with the probation service for a number of purposes, including bail support

Bail support schemes in operation in England and Wales
Name and location of scheme (i) Magistrates court area served Number (per year)1 involved by age Total cost on full year basis(£)1
(ii) Local authority (i) under 18
(iii) Police force area (ii) 18–21
(iv) Number dealt with2 (iii) over 21
Bail Charter Scheme (North Wales) (i) Wrexham, Mold, Hawarden, Flint (i) 34 73,412
(ii) Clwyd (ii) 18
(iii) North Wales police (iii) 23
Surrey Youth Justice Team (i) All Petty Sessional areas in Surrey (i) 80 97,422
(ii) Surrey county council (ii) 0
(iii) Surrey constabulary (iii) 0
1 Estimates as shown on application form for Homwe Office funding.
2 Information not yet available.