§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the governors of Brixton, Wormwood Scrubs, Holloway and Pentonville prisons as to how many of their inmates are on remand and are(a) untried or (b) unsentenced following the 31 March events in Trafalgar square.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe numbers of unconvicted and convicted unsentenced prisoners held in those establishments on 24 July were:
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Prison Unconvicted Convicted unsentenced Brixton 755 83 Wormwood Scrubs 497 32 Holloway 199 45 Pentonville 254 28 It would involve disproportionate cost to establish how many of those prisoners faced charges arising from the Trafalgar square disturbance on 31 March.
§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will indicate the number of prisoners in police cells in Greater Manchester for the last date for which figures are available; and if he will place in the Library figures for 26 August and 26 September as soon as they are avaiable.
§ Mr. WaddingtonOn Wednesday 25 July, the latest date for which information is available, 313 prisoners were held in police cells in the Greater Manchester police force. I will write to the hon. Member providing figures for 26 August and 26 September as soon as they are available, and will arrange for copies to be placed in the Library.