HL Deb 25 October 1988 vol 500 cc1598-600WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

The number of men and women prisoners held in police cells on every day since 1st August 1988; and the number held by each police force on 1st October 1988.

Earl Ferrers

The numbers of male and female prisoners held in police cells in England and Wales at unlocking on each day since 1st August 1988 and the number held by each police force on 1st October 1988 are listed below:

Table 1 Prisoners in Police Cells
Date Male Female Total
1 August 651 46 697
2 August 708 62 770
3 August 696 58 754
4 August 742 48 790
5 August 787 70 857
6–8 August 900 71 971
9 August 1,008 63 1,071
10 August 988 79 1,067
11 August 1,012 44 1,106
Table 1 Prisoners in Police Cells
Date Male Female Total
12 August 1,043 103 1,146
13–15 August 1,107 119 1,226
16 August 1,148 113 1,261
17 August 1,120 133 1,253
18 August 1,103 125 1,228
19 August 1,114 129 1,243
20–22 August 1,165 120 1,285
23 August 1,251 132 1,383
24 August 1,210 106 1,316
25 August 1,223 102 1,325
26 August 1,266 97 1,363
27–30 August 1,456 103 1,559
31 August 1,418 93 1,511
1 September 1,367 83 1,450
2 September 1,387 87 1,474
3–5 September 1,403 98 1,501
6 September 1,412 86 1,498
7 September 1,424 91 1,515
8 September 1,425 81 1,506
9 September 1,486 89 1,575
10–12 September 1,582 93 1,675
13 September 1,603 90 1,693
14 September 1,545 91 1,636
15 September 1,520 93 1,613
16 September 1,537 83 1,620
17–19 September 1,537 67 1,604
20 September 1,605 69 1,674
21 September 1,572 59 1,631
22 September 1,544 56 1,600
23 September 1,572 62 1,634
24–26 September 1,650 71 1,721
27 September 1,747 67 1,814
28 September 1,729 59 1,788
29 September 1,637 56 1,693
30 September 1,742 50 1,792
1–3 October 1,736 47 1,7830(1)
4 October 1,866 51 1,917
5 October 1,788 46 1,834
6 October 1,753 47 1,800
7 October 1,712 40 1,752
8–10 October 1,724 42 1,766
11 October 1,755 49 1,804
12 October 1,716 52 1,768
13 October 1,687 57 1,744
14 October 1,712 62 1,774
15–17 October 1,699 70 1,769
Table 2 Number of prisoners held by each Police Force on 1 October 1988.
Date Male Female Total
Avon & Somerset 20 — 20
Bedfordshire 15 3 18
Cambridgeshire 10 — 10
Cheshire 27 — 27
City of London 22 — 22
Cleveland 8 — 8
Cumbria 9 — 9
Derbyshire 13 — 13
Devon & Cornwall 25 — 25
Dorset 6 — 6
Durham 17 — 17
Essex 52 — 52
Gloucestershire 10 — 10
Greater Manchester Police 291 — 291
Gwent 8 — 8
Hampshire 36 — 36
Hertfordshire 44 — 44
Humberside 49 — 49
Kent 34 — 34
Lancashire 108 — 108
Leicestershire 12 — 12
Lincolnshire 21 — 21
Merseyside 81 — 81
Metropolitan 230 46 276
Norfolk 48 — 48
Northants 9 — 9
Northumbria 40 — 40
Table 2 Number of prisoners held by each Police Force on 1 October 1988.
Date Male Female Total
North Wales 12 — 12
North Yorkshire 38 — 38
Nottinghamshire 17 — 17
South Wales 9 — 9
South Yorkshire 74 — 74
Staffordshire 21 — 21
Suffolk 36 — 36
Surrey 15 — 15
Sussex 4 1 5
Thames Valley 82 3 85
Warwickshire 20 — 20
West Mercia 18 — 18
West Midlands 76 — 76
West Yorkshire 96 — 96
Wiltshire 6 — 6
Total: 1,769 53 1,822(1)

Note

(1) Numbers do not tally owing to differences in recording methods used by the Prison Service (Table I) and the police (Table 2).