To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted for possession of a knife in public without good reason in each of the last five years.

Information available centrally, which is given in the table, relating to the number of persons found guilty for possession of knives under the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 section 1, and the Criminal Justice Act 1988, section 139 for the years 1987 to 1991. Information for 1992 is not yet available.

Bail Hostels in England and Wales in 1993
Police Authority	Hostel	Beds
Cheshire	Bunbury House	22
Cheshire	Linden Bank	22
Cleveland	South Bank	24
Devon and Cornwall	Dudley Centre	22
Greater Manchester	Chorlton Hostel	27
Gloucestershire	Ryecroft	16
Hampshire	Dickson House	28
Hampshire	Southampton	22
Kent	Dover Bail	18
Lancashire	Blackburn	18
Leicestershire	Howard House	20
Merseyside	Merseybank	28
Metropolitan	Canadian Avenue	23
Metropolitan	Corfton Road	20
Metropolitan	Kelley House	28
Metropolitan	Kew	14
Metropolitan	Tulse Hill	27
North Wales	Ty Newydd	12
Northumbria	Cuthbert House	22
Northumbria	Pennywell	22
Oxfordshire	Clarks House	27
South Wales	Emroch House	15
Staffordshire	Lichfield Road	20
West Midlands	Marshall House	22
West Midlands	Stonnall Road	12
West Midlands	Sycamore Lodge	32
West Midlands	Welford	26
South Yorkshire	Town Moor	25
West Yorkshire	Howden House	27
West Yorkshire	Walmer Villas	18
	Beds	659
	Hostels	30

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the bail hostels and combined probation and bail hostels in England and Wales currently operated by voluntary organisations; and what target he has set for increasing this number by 1995.

The approved hostels that are currently operated by voluntary managing committees are as listed:

Approved bail hostels in England and Wales managed by voluntary managing committees.
Probation area	Hostel	Location	Beds
London Inner	Kelley House	London	28

Probation and bail hostels in England and Wales managed by voluntary managing committees.
Probation area	Hostel	Location	Beds
Avon	Ashley House	Bristol	20
Berkshire	Elizabeth Fry	Reading	20
Essex	Windyridge	Nayland	30
Kent	Hollywood Manor	Sevenoaks	30
London Inner	KPH	London	19
London Inner	St. Edmunds	London	25
London Inner	St. Mungo	London	25
London Inner	St. Vincents	London	24
Merseyside	Adelaide House	Liverpool	22
Northants	Stone House	Northampton	24
Northumbria	Ozanam House	Newcastle/Tyne	25
Northumbria	St. Christophers	Newcastle/Tyne	22
Warwickshire	McIntyre House	Nuneaton	18
Yorkshire West	Cardigan House	Leeds	23
Yorkshire West	Ripon House	Leeds	17
Yorkshire West	St. Johns House	Leeds	28

The approved hostel expansion programme aims to provide 1,365 additional places between April 1988 and March 1996. Of these 914 are already on stream. The remaining places have been provisionally allocated but until appropriate properties or sites are identified the precise numbers cannot be determined. Within the overall programme there is no specific target for expansion by voluntary hostels.