§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much his Department paid each police force for holding people in police cells in the first six months of the current financial year;
(2) how many individual prisoners were held in police cells in each police authority area in England and Wales in each of the first six months of the current financial year who would normally be held in prison accommodation;
(3) how many prisoner-nights in police cells were covered in each police force area in England and Wales on each of the first six months of the current financial year.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe available information is given in the tables. Information on individual prisoners is not collected centrally.
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Police Force £ paid since 1 April 1992 Paid up until Cheshire 1,356,102.75 30 June 1992 Cleveland no payment — Cumbria 453,438.42 13 June 1992 Derbyshire 550,510.58 31 July 1992
Police Force £ paid since 1 April 1992 Paid up until Devon and Cornwall 226,067.94 31 May 1992 Dorset no payment — Durham 539,676.71 31 July 1992 Dyfed and Powys 540,341.61 15 June 1992 Essex 540,955.46 31 July 1992 Gloucestershire 114,808.79 30 June 1992 Greater Manchester 6,927,811.00 26 July 1992 Gwent 642,142.94 30 June 1992 Hampshire no payment — Hertfordshire 1,025,701.81 29 July 1992 Humberside 824,690.81 8 August 1992 Kent no payment — Lancashire 2,038,819.56 30 June 1992 Leicestershire 1,135,458.70 30 June 1992 Lincolnshire no payment — City of London no payment — Merseyside 741,494.56 31 May 1992 Metropolitan 3,205,757.89 21 June 1992 Norfolk 369,758.52 26 May 1992 North Wales 236,042.28 30 June 1992 North Yorkshire no payment — Northamptonshire 525,799.33 30 June 1992 Northumbria 1,311,585.70 24 May 1992 Nottinghamshire 519,602.00 30 June 1992 South Wales 1,429,598.37 31 July 1992
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Force Authorised establishment 1992–93 Strength 31 March 19921 Strength 31 July 1992 Avon and Somerset 3,087 3,081 3,061 Bedfordshire 1,178 1,093 1,107 Cambridgeshire 1,241 1,250 1,245 Cheshire 1,920 1,874 1,865 Cleveland 1,502 1,477 1,498 Cumbria 1,187 1,179 1,190 Derbyshire 1,850 1,706 1,768 Devon and Cornwall 2,928 2,898 2,901 Dorset 1,302 1,289 1,299 Durham 1,389 1,389 1,380 Dyfed Powys 969 947 963 Essex 2,950 2,898 2,920 Gloucestershire 1,184 1,174 1,174 Greater Manchester 7,077 7,061 7,064 Gwent 1,010 1,009 1,000 Hampshire 3,269 3,211 3,245 Hertfordshire 1,684 1,695 1,681 Humberside 2,034 2,026 2,029 Kent 23,136 3,074 3,080 Lancashire 3,229 3,198 3,198 Leicestershire 1,853 1,845 1,833 Lincolnshire 1,206 1,196 1,194 Merseyside 4,706 4,621 4,681 Norfolk 1,446 1,414 1,423 Northamtonshire 1,190 1,158 1,182 Northumbria 3,613 3,464 3,500 North Wales 1,369 1,347 1,354 North Yorkshire 1,418 1,398 1,398 Nottinghamshire 2,344 2,331 2,337 South Wales 3,168 3,168 3,158 South Yorkshire 3,031 3,008 3,011 Staffordshire 2,215 2,176 2,195 Suffolk 1,233 1,218 1,213 Surrey 1,673 1,706 1,700 Sussex 3,014 2,984 3,005 Thames Valley 3,812 3,772 3,839 Warwickshire 1,020 990 990 West Mercia 2,053 2,034 2,045 West Midlands 6,977 6,941 6,930 West Yorkshire 5,295 5,087 5,078 Wiltshire 1,181 1,221 1,230 City of London 798 808 798 Metropolitan 28,279 28,381 28,113 TOTAL 127,020 125,797 125,875
Police Force £ paid since 1 April 1992 Paid up until South Yorkshire 494,178.30 30 April 1992 Staffordshire no payment — Suffolk 130,004.00 17 May 1992 Surrey 294,330.48 31 July 1992 Sussex 239,420.97 31 August 1992 Thames Valley 601,228.47 21 June 1992 Warwickshire 311,166.77 30 June 1992 West Mercia 609,643.62 6 June 1992 West Midlands 507,823.11 17 May 1992 West Yorkshire 3,205,530.50 28 August 1992 Wiltshire no payment —