HL Deb 29 October 1990 vol 522 cc1766-7WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many remand and other prisoners were held in cells by each policy force on 1st October 1990.

Earl Ferrers

On Monday 1st October a total of 1,017 prisoners were held in police cells in the following police areas:

Number
Metropolitan 25
Cheshire 18
Cleveland 18
Cumbria 14
Derbyshire 5
Durham 9
Gloucestershire 7
Greater Manchester 265
Humberside 86
Lancashire 72
Leicestershire 18
Number
Lincolnshire 16
Merseyside 49
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 14
Northumbria 50
North Wales 18
North Yorkshire 24
South Wales 20
South Yorkshire 75
Warwickshire 20
West Mercia 10
West Midlands 65
West Yorkshire 108

The figures are not collected in a way which enables remand and other classes of prisoner to be identified separately.