§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the ways in which those prisoners held in police cells are disadvantaged in comparison with those on remand in prison.
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All Forces in England and Wales Strength and Authorised Establishment on 31 March 1983 on 30 April 1979 Actual Strength Authorised Establishment Actual Strength Authorised Establishment Avon and Somerset 2,970 3,020 2,829 2,853 Bedfordshire 985 980 900 947 Cambridgeshire 1,137 1,140 1,071 1,090 Cheshire 1,839 1,845 1,787 1,805 Cleveland 1,454 1,474 1,347 1,411 Cumbria 1,107 1,128 1,064 1,088 Derbyshire 1,757 1,767 1,587 1,709 Devon and Cornwall 2,730 2,734 2,667 2,673 Dorset 1,174 1,183 1,140 1,164 Durham 1,328 1,357 1,312 1,349 Dyfed Powys 927 934 913 934 Essex 2,641 2,643 2,490 2,525 Gloucestershire 1,137 1,140 1,081 1,116 Greater Manchester 6,996 6,943 6,440 6,735 Gwent 963 978 971 975 Hampshire 3,075 3,084 2,955 2,954 Hertfordshire 1,554 1,568 1,455 1,533 Humberside 1,965 1,972 1,861 1,939 Kent 2,882 2,875 2,730 2,820 Lancashire 3,155 3,158 3,093 3,118 Leicestershire 1,723 1,733 1,701 1,706 Lincolnshire 1,178 1,182 1,175 1,182 Merseyside 4,631 4,607 4,441 4,451 Norfolk 1,261 1,273 1,229 1,265 Northamptonshire 1,003 1,006 909 950 Northumbria 3,325 3,357 3,285 3,325 North Wales 1,296 1,313 1,269 1,279 North Yorkshire 1,366 1,368 1,337 1,328 Nottinghamshire 2,249 2,259 2,120 2,145 South Wales 3,091 3,105 2,945 3,069 South Yorkshire 2,863 2,872 2,560 2,752 Staffordshire 2,080 2,099 1,980 2,066 Suffolk 1,123 1,124 1,077 1,088 Surrey 1,589 1,602 1,442 1,599 Sussex 2,810 2,822 2,759 2,802 Thames Valley 3,123 3,124 2,653 2,997 Warwickshire 919 925 843 876 West Mercia 1,916 1,923 1,752 1,834 West Midlands 6,673 6,684 6,031 6,509 West Yorkshire 5,145 5,154 4,739 5,104 Wiltshire 1,029 1,042 1,001 1,022 City of London 828 1,022 832 1,022 Metropolitan 26,499 26,615 22,225 26,589 TOTALS 119,496 120,134 109,998 117,698
Mr. MellonBecause police and court cells are intended to be used only for short periods of detention, they do not provide the standards of accommodation and facilities which would normally be found in prisons. Conditions in individual holding centres vary, but many of them offer poorer facilities for such activities as washing, visiting, recreation, exercise and medical treatment.