HC Deb 24 October 1994 vol 248 cc459-61W
Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the greatest number of prisoner nights spent in police cells by any prisoner in 1994 to date.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the greatest number of prisoner nights spent in police cells by any prisoner in 1994 to date. This information is not collected centrally, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average number of prisoner nights spent by prisoners in police cells in 1994 to date.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the average number of prisoner nights spent by prisoners in police cells in 1994 to date. This information is not collected centrally, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoner nights have been spent in police cells in each month of 1994 to date.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoner nights spent in police cell in each month of 1994 to date. The latest information, up to and including 13 October, is shown below:

Numbers
January 16
February 4,439
March 12,178
April 9,739
May 4,795
June 2,100
July 1,890
August 4,512
September 4,255
October (to 13 October) 1,557
Total 45,481

Mr. Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for the

Numbers of remand and convicted prisoners (expressed as the average number of prisoners per night) held in police cells in Greater Manchester and the rest of the North West (Merseyside and Lancashire) from June to September 1994
Greater Manchester North West England (excluding Greater Manchester)
Remand Convicted Remand Convicted
June 74 13 48 —
July 73 5 — —
August 136 10 23 3
September 115 12 25 4