Probation and Bail Hostels

HC Deb 03 February 1994 vol 236 cc877-8W

Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each of the past three years and estimate for the next three years, the number of probation and bail hostels, the number of places and the occupancy rates; if he will estimate the cost for each place and for each used place; and what are the comparable figures for the cost of gaol.

Mr. Maclean

The available information is as follows:

1. Numbers
Year	Number of hostels	Number of places	Average occupancy per cent.
1990–91	108	2,190	79
1991–92	111	2,444	74
1992–93	114	2,656	64
1993–94	115	2,690	70
1994–95	107	2,560	83
1995–96	107	2,680	83

Accidents by Police Force area: 1979–1992
	Rate per Police Officer
Year of Accident	Lancashire	Thames Valley	Hampshire	Kent	Avon and Somerset	South Wales
1979	1.9	2.8	2.5	2.4	1.9	1.6
1980	1.9	2.2	2.4	2.4	1.9	1.5
1981	1.8	2.5	2.4	2.4	1.8	1.5
1982	1.9	2.6	2.5	2.4	1.9	1.5
1983	1.8	2.6	2.4	2.4	1.8	1.4
1984	1.9	2.8	2.7	2.4	1.8	1.4
1985	1.9	2.6	2.6	2.2	1.7	1.4
1986	1.8	2.6	2.5	2.2	1.7	1.5
1987	1.7	2.4	2.4	2.1	1.6	1.5
1988	1.7	2.4	2.6	2.0	1.7	1.6
1989	1.9	2.4	2.6	2.1	1.6	1.7
1990	1.9	2.3	2.5	2.1	1.6	1.7
1991	1.8	2.0	2.2	2.0	1.5	1.5
1992	1.9	2.1	2.1	2.0	1.4	1.5

Accidents by Police Force area: 1979–1992
	Rate per 100,000 population
Year of Accident	Lancashire	Thames Valley	Hampshire	Kent	A von and Somerset	South Wales
1979	430.3	438.8	507.2	465.0	410.6	371.4
1980	425.1	380.0	496.1	466.4	406.9	363.6
1981	415.7	433.4	493.7	468.3	407.7	361.3
1982	430.2	446.4	519.9	472.9	416.8	366.4
1983	405.8	449.2	496.1	455.7	389.5	342.8
1984	430.2	499.4	536.4	465.1	378.7	346.6
1985	434.1	459.3	514.2	426.4	364.8	340.9
1986	404.4	467.5	508.9	428.2	360.6	355.0
1987	391.5	432.4	486.5	405.8	344.9	356.0
1988	395.3	438.9	507.9	388.7	357.1	379.8
1989	426.6	448.8	520.5	414.3	342.6	409.9
1990	435.1	434.8	501.8	407.1	337.2	394.0
1991	413.0	383.0	449.8	387.3	317.3	349.4
1992	428.6	395.0	445.0	402.1	296.7	346.9

2. Costs (expressed annually in terms of HO per cent. Home Office grant towards running costs)
Year	Cost per place (£)	Cost per used place (£)
1990–91	7,352	9,306
1991–92	7,447	10,061
1992–93	9,130	14,265
1993–94	9,803	14,005
1994–95	9,887	11,912
1995–96	9,974	12,019

Figures for the cost of prison places are not readily available in a comparable form.