§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which police stations have been used in the 476WA Metropolitan Police District and elsewhere, to hold remand prisoners since July 1981, and how many prisoners have been held in each.
§ Lord EltonSince 1st July 1981 an average of about 45 prisoners, mainly remand prisoners, have been held each night in police cells. Of these, about 41 on average were held in police stations and magistrates' courts in the Metropolitan Police area and the remainder elsewhere, namely in the City of London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Sussex and Thames Valley police force areas and, on two occasions in December 1981, in the Mancheser area. Complete information is not held centrally on the individual police stations which have held such prisoners and it could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.