HC Deb 21 April 1988 vol 131 c514W
13. Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners remanded to police cells escaped between 1 January and 31 March; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The police inform me that the information available, which may not be complete, records that 15 such prisoners escaped during that period.