§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours were spent by police officers on the care and custody of remand prisoners in the latest available year.
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Passports issued 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 January 122,263 119,037 117,566 132,122 121,591 141,213 February 181,634 185,082 145,259 176,020 192,834 215,925 March 239,562 235,821 188,514 186,379 255,694 270,641 April 228,472 204,945 191,373 270,540 205,582 269,590 May 244,103 222,498 229,189 270,304 172,613 300,501 June 239,578 226,798 194,712 231,996 212,832 276,937 July 226,359 217,231 219,992 257,450 235,608 — August 172,536 166,461 157,494 178,753 211,763 — September 106,761 102,644 109,202 128,267 150,137 — October 83,213 93,064 101,594 116,565 98,602 — November 82,983 83,116 83,300 91,782 100,419 — December 52,280 50,608 60,848 70,366 83,545 — 1,979,744 1,907,305 1,799,043 2,110,544 2,041,220 1,474,807
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that a total of 1,240,721 man hours were spent by his officers on the care and custody of remand prisoners in the year ending 31 May 1988. Corresponding figures for other forces could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.