HL Deb 13 December 1990 vol 524 c37WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

To confirm the Written Answer given by Earl Ferrers on 29th October (Official Report, col. 1762), which implies that no prisoners were held in police cells between 25th October and 30th October.

The Minister of State, Home Office (Earl Ferrers)

The number of prisoners held in police cells between 25th October and 30th October 1990 were as follows:

25th October 1,013
26th October 1,011
29th October 991
30th October 1,060

Statistics are not collected at weekends.

I regret that, because of a clerical error, these figures were not included in the original reply.