There should be more consistent provision of Bail Information Services in courts to give decision-makers greater confidence in the bail package being presented to them. We recommend that the outcomes of the current pilot relating to these services are published, and that the service should then be scaled up so that it is available in all magistrates’ courts if it is proven to help in putting together effective bail packages.

There should be more consistent provision of Bail Information Services in courts to give decision-makers greater confidence in the bail package being presented to them. We recommend that the outcomes of the current pilot relating to these services are published, and that the service should then be scaled up so that it is available in all magistrates’ courts if it is proven to help in putting together effective bail packages. Type: recommendation | Number: 23 | Paragraph: 132 | Response status: accepted Government response: We accept this recommendation. The contractual requirement in the Community Accommodation Service Tier 2 (CAS- 2) for 10% of bed spaces to be reserved for women continues to apply to total bed spaces after the 300 bed expansion. A minimum of 85 beds of the 850 total beds after expansion will therefo