§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many bail hostels there are within 50 miles of York; how many beds each of these hostels have; and on how many nights in the past 12 months(a) all or (b) 90 per cent. of those beds have been occupied.
§ Mr. MacleanThere are four approved bail hostels within a 50-mile radius of York:
Places South Bank, Cleveland 24 Howden House, West Yorkshire 27 Walmer Villas, West Yorkshire 18 Town Moor, South Yorkshire 25 Total 94 Statistics on the occupancy of hostels are collected centrally in terms of a monthly average percentage and not on a daily basis, but in none of the four hostels concerned was average occupancy 90 per cent. or above during the last 12 months.