HC Deb 15 March 2000 vol 346 cc232-3W
Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if it is his policy that all magistrates courts shall have safe cells installed; and if he will make a statement. [113732]

Jane Kennedy

[holding answer 13 March 2000]: Custody areas in magistrates courts are not used for holding individuals overnight. They do not reflect, therefore, the design requirements of HM Prison Service's improved standard cell or "safe cell".

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