§ Mr. Mike O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the reasons for the shortfall in income underlying the increase in class IX, vote I, sub-head B1, "probation and bail hostels", in the spring supplementary estimates.
§ Mr. JackApproved probation and bail hostels derive income from payments by, and on behalf of, residents.
The shortfall in income arises because industrial action by the National Association of Probation Officers from March 1992 until January 1993 reduced the numbers of residents in hostels for much of 1992–93.