§ 1st MARCH—8th MAY 1991
§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many remand prisoners have been held in police cells on each day since 1st March 1991; and how many were held by each police force on 9th May 1991.
Earl Ferrers:The total number of prisoners held in police cells on each day since 1st March 1991 are shown in Table A. These numbers include both sentenced and remand prisoners—the data are not collected in a way which enables the number of remand prisoners to be readily distinguished from sentenced prisoners but most will have been held on remand.
Table B shows the numbers held in each police force on 9th May 1991.
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Table A: Prisoners held in Police Cells 1st March-8th May 1991 Number 1 March 1991 673 4 March 1991 691 5 March 1991 746 6 March 1991 571 7 March 1991 668 8 March 1991 639
Number 11 March 1991 706 12 March 1991 738 13 March 1991 765 14 March 1991 739 15 March 1991 762 18 March 1991 793 19 March 1991 795 20 March 1991 703 21 March 1991 650 22 March 1991 649 25 March 1991 736 26 March 1991 728 27 March 1991 757 28 March 1991 767 3 April 1991 749 4 April 1991 685 5 April 1991 633 8 April 1991 606 9 April 1991 521 10 April 1991 518 11 April 1991 495 12 April 1991 503 15 April 1991 555 16 April 1991 600 17 April 1991 584 18 April 1991 584 19 April 1991 545 22 April 1991 567 23 April 1991 574 24 April 1991 506 25 April 1991 524 26 April 1991 487 29 April 1991 511 30 April 1991 552 1 May 1991 521 2 May 1991 487 3 May 1991 516 7 May 1991 652 8 May 1991 651
Table B: Prisoners in Police Cells on 9th May 1991, by Police Force Police Force Number Cheshire 22 Derbyshire 3 Essex 2 Greater Manchester 231 Humberside 22 Lancashire 77 Merseyside 46 Metropolitan 69 South Yorkshire 19 Surrey 1 Sussex 28 West Midlands 23 West Yorkshire 98 Total 641