HC Deb 08 April 1982 vol 21 cc419-20W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners, by age and sex, were contained in police cells on each night in 1982.

Mr. Mayhew

So far this year only adult male prisoners have been confined overnight in police cells. The estimated figures up to and including the night of 4 April, are as follows:

29 January 10
30 January 20
31 January 20
1 February 38
2 February 30
3 February 29
4 February 11
5 February 22
9 February 20
15 February 41
16 February 25
17 February 20
25 March 2
26 March 7
27 March 47
28 March 47
29 March 82
30 March 104
31 March 100
1 April 90
2 April 124
3 April 145
4 April 145