§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many male and female prisoners have been held in police custody on each day since 13th March 1988 because of the present overcrowding in the prisons; and how many were held by each police force on 16th May 1988.
Earl FerrersThe information requested is listed in the tables below.
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Prisoners in Police Cells (Unlocking figures) Date Male Female Total 13 March 1,528 10 1,538 14 March 1,528 10 1,538 15 March 1,531 14 1,545 16 March 1,476 20 1,496 17 March 1,461 9 1,470 18 March 1,402 9 1,411 19–21 March 1,368 7 1,375 22 March 1,417 14 1,431 23 March 1,349 10 1,359 24 March 1,380 14 1,394 25 March 1,391 16 1,407 26–28 March 1,390 19 1,409 29 March 1,403 10 1,413 30 March 1,368 6 1,374 31 March 1,303 5 1,308 1 April-5 April 1,369 8 1,377 6 April 1,282 9 1,291 7 April 1,191 9 1,200 8 April 1,217 3 1,220 9–11 April 1,220 3 1,223 12 April 1,247 — 1,247 13 April 1,167 — 1,167 14 April 1,142 — 1,142 15 April 1,171 — 1,171 16–18 April 1,161 — 1,161 19 April 1,140 — 1,140 20 April 1,113 — 1,113 21 April 1,136 — 1,136 22 April 1,161 — 1,161 23–25 April 1,183 1 1,184 26 April 1,234 — 1,234 27 April 1,137 — 1,137
Date Male Female Total 28 April 1,059 — 1,059 29 April 1,082 — 1,082 30 April-3 May 1,113 2 1,115 4 May 1,010 1 1,011 5 May 1,003 1 1,004 6 May 976 1 977 7–9 May 985 — 985 10 May 1,007 — 1,007 11 May 957 — 957 12 May 967 — 967 13 May 902 6 908 14–16 May 923 8 931 17 May 981 3 984 18 May 902 3 905 19 May 906 4 910 20 May 896 4 900
Number of prisoners held by each police force on 16 May Avon and Somerset 10 Bedfordshire 21 Cambridgshire 24 City of London 3 Derbyshire 14 Dorset 11 Essex 49 Gloucestershire 9 Greater Manchester 23 Hampshire 32 Hertfordshire 22 Humberside 27 Kent 29 Leicestershire 12 Merseyside 30 Metropolitan 236* Norfolk 21 Northamptonshire 7 Nottinghamshire 16 South Wales 11 South Yorkshire 49 Staffordshire 9 Suffolk 20 Surrey 20 Sussex 25 Thames Valley 77 Warwickshire 8 West Midlands 60 West Yorkshire 56 931 *Includes 8 females