§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for the counties of Yorkshire and Humberside for the latest date for which he has figures(a) the police stations that are holding inmates from prisons because of a shortage of detention space, (b) the number they are holding and (c) from which prison they were transferred.
§ Mr. MellorOn Friday 18 May 1990 there were 155 prisoners held in police stations in Yorkshire. No prisoners were held in Humberside police stations. Not all of these currently held in police stations were at Her Majesty's prison Manchester at the time of the disturbance, but they would have been accommodated in Manchester prison but for the loss of accommodation there.
Details of the number of prisoners held in each police station in Yorkshire are as follows:
Police Station Number of Prisoners Holmfirth 6 Morley 7 Halifax 13 Weetwood 5 South Kirby 8 Huddersfield 13 Dewsbury 10 Sheffield 29 Doncaster 23 Barnsley 14 Rotherham 16 York 11