HC Deb 12 November 1990 vol 180 c35W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of(a) men and (b) women who were being held in police cells in England and Wales on 1 November.

Mrs. Rumbold

On 1 November there were 1,044 male and no female prisoners held in police cells in England and Wales.

Year Cases of Complaints about Prison Conditions Cases of Complaints about Prison Procedures Findings of the Commission Findings of the Committee of Ministers Findings of the Court
1979 1 1 Violation
1980 3 1 Inadmissable 1 Violation
1 Struck off
1981 6 1 Friendly
settlement
5 Inadmissable or
struck off
1982 3 2 Inadmissable 1 Violation
1983 3 1 Friendly
settlement
2 struck off
1984 1 Inadmissable
1985 4 2 Inadmissable 1 Violation 1 Violation
1986 5 1 Withdrawn 1 Violation 2 Violations
1 Friendly
settlement
1987
1988