REMAND PRISONERS (Hansard, 15 March 1988)

§ Lord Harris of Greenwich
asked Her Majesty's Government:
Which police forces held Home Office remand prisoners overnight in custody on 1st March 1988; and how many were held by each force.

Earl Ferrers
On 1st March, 1,535 prisoners, most of whom would have been on remand, were held in police cells in England and Wales. The number held by each police force is listed below:

Avon & Somerset 15 Merseyside 42

Bedfordshire 15 Metropolitan 356

Cheshire 20 Norfolk 34

City of London 19 Northamptonshire 12

Cleveland 19 North Wales 19

Derbyshire 15 North Yorkshire 25

Devon & Cornwall 16 Nottinghamshire 20

Dorset 9 Somerset 11

Essex 72 South Wales 19

Gloucestershire 10 South Yorkshire 126

Greater Manchester 36 Suffolk 17

Gwent 14 Surrey 11

Hampshire 16 Sussex 74

Hertfordshire 52 Thames Valley 63

Humberside 86 Warwickshire 18

Kent 67 West Mercia 16

Lancashire 45 West Midlands 58

Leicestershire 22 West Yorkshire 54

Lincolnshire 9 Wiltshire 3

§ Lord Harris of Greenwich
asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many men and women remand prisoners respectively have been kept overnight in police custody on every day since 1st January 1988.

Earl Ferrers
The number of male and female prisoners, most of whom would have been on remand, who were held in police custody in England and Wales on each night from 1st January 1988 onward was as follows:

Males Females

January

1 442 —

2 507 —

3 507 —

4 507 —

5 505 1

6 524 1

7 533 2

8 550 7

9 608 9

10 608 9

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Males Females

January

11 608 9

12 661 15

13 639 15

14 645 15

15 659 12

16 720 14

17 720 14

18 720 14

19 718 18

20 698 15

21 617 15

22 641 21

23 691 19

24 691 19

25 691 19

26 725 27

27 679 31

28 670 34

29 665 35

30 733 25

31 733 25

Males Females

February

1 733 25

2 748 23

3 702 16

4 665 23

5 673 12

6 730 13

7 730 13

8 730 13

9 814 16

10 875 14

11 921 10

12 967 18

13 1,085 25

14 1,085 25

15 1,085 25

16 1,167 32

17 1,175 29

18 1,213 32

19 1,229 31

20 1,302 30

21 1,302 30

22 1,302 30

23 1,386 31

24 1,410 33

25 1,411 43

26 1,448 24

27 1,493 14

28 1,493 14

29 1,493 14

Males Females

March

1 1,521 14

2 1,540 10

3 1,547 5

4 1,528 5

5 1,510 8

6 1,510 8

7 1,510 8

8 1,554 21

Avon & Somerset	15	Merseyside	42
Bedfordshire	15	Metropolitan	356
Cheshire	20	Norfolk	34
City of London	19	Northamptonshire	12
Cleveland	19	North Wales	19
Derbyshire	15	North Yorkshire	25
Devon & Cornwall	16	Nottinghamshire	20
Dorset	9	Somerset	11
Essex	72	South Wales	19
Gloucestershire	10	South Yorkshire	126
Greater Manchester	36	Suffolk	17
Gwent	14	Surrey	11
Hampshire	16	Sussex	74
Hertfordshire	52	Thames Valley	63
Humberside	86	Warwickshire	18
Kent	67	West Mercia	16
Lancashire	45	West Midlands	58
Leicestershire	22	West Yorkshire	54
Lincolnshire	9	Wiltshire	3

	Males	Females
January
1	442	—
2	507	—
3	507	—
4	507	—
5	505	1
6	524	1
7	533	2
8	550	7
9	608	9
10	608	9

	Males	Females
February
1	733	25
2	748	23
3	702	16
4	665	23
5	673	12
6	730	13
7	730	13
8	730	13
9	814	16
10	875	14
11	921	10
12	967	18
13	1,085	25
14	1,085	25
15	1,085	25
16	1,167	32
17	1,175	29
18	1,213	32
19	1,229	31
20	1,302	30
21	1,302	30
22	1,302	30
23	1,386	31
24	1,410	33
25	1,411	43
26	1,448	24
27	1,493	14
28	1,493	14
29	1,493	14

	Males	Females
March
1	1,521	14
2	1,540	10
3	1,547	5
4	1,528	5
5	1,510	8
6	1,510	8
7	1,510	8
8	1,554	21