§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many Home Office prisoners were held in police cells on 1 June 1994; and how many of that total were held by each police force.
84WAdelegated to the Prison Service and its Director General, Mr. Derek Lewis. The Director General has therefore responded to the Question and his letter is given below.
Letter to Lord Harris of Greenwich from the Director General of the Prison Service, Mr. Derek Lewis:
Lord Ferrers has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the population and accommodation of local prisons.
The attached table shows the certified normal accommodation (CNA), population as a percentage of CNA, that is overcrowding, of each of the local prisons on 1 June 1994.
Earl FerrersResponsibility for the subject of this Question has been delegated to the Prison Service and its Director General, Mr. Derek Lewis. The Director General has therefore responded to the Question and his letter is given below.
Letter to Lord Harris of Greenwich from the Director General of the Prison Service, Mr. Derek Lewis:
85WALord Ferrers has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners held by each police force on 1 June 1994.
The information is as follows:
Police force Number of prisoners Greater Manchester 107 Merseyside 26 Total 133