Housing of paedophiles in probation hostels
The Home Secretary, Dr Reid, has instructed the National Offender Management Service to implement a restricted admission policy at certain probation hostels, which are situated within close proximity to schools.

The Home Secretary, Dr Reid, has instructed the National Offender Management Service to implement a restricted admission policy at certain probation hostels, which are situated within close proximity to schools.
11 of the 100 or so probation hostels in England and Wales to which ex-offenders are being sent to live after their release from prison will no longer be used to house convicted paedophiles.
These are:
- Haworth House, Blackburn.
- Norfolk Park Hostel, Sheffield.
- Kirk Lodge, Leicester.
- St Johns, Leeds.
- Bunbury House, Ellesmere Port.
- Elliot House, Birmingham.
- Camden House, London.
- McIntyre House, Nuneaton.
- Wordsworth House, Lincoln.
- Staitheford House, Stafford.
- Luton House, Luton.