§ 130. Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the latest available figures showing the average number of prisoners being held in police cells per day in each police authority area.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe average number of prisoners held in police cells in each police force for the period 28 October to 8 November are as follows:
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Number Avon and Somerset 42 Bedfordshire 26 Cambridgeshire 23 Cheshire 40 Cleveland 19 Cumbria 27 Derbyshire 38 Devon and Cornwall 31 Dorset 8 Durham 23 Dyfed 26 Essex 18 Gloucestershire 8 Greater Manchester 230 Gwent 25 Hampshire 27 Hertfordshire 18 Humberside 54 Kent 33 Lancashire 89 Leicestershire 35 Lincolnshire 16 City of London 2 Merseyside 81 Metropolitan 142 Norfolk 21 North Wales 14 North Yorkshire 34 Northamptonshire 26 Northumbria 57 Nottinghamshire 29 South Wales 61 South Yorkshire 92 Staffordshire 11 Suffolk 13 Surrey 5
Number Sussex 55 Thames Valley 36 Warwickshire 12 West Mercia 38 West Midlands 85 West Yorkshire 104 Wiltshire 22
§ 132. Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are being kept in police cells as a direct result of the dispute at Her Majesty's prison, Cardiff.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe industrial action at Cardiff was temporarily suspended with effect from 5 November. On 8 November, the latest date for which figures are available, 178 prisoners in police cells were from courts in Cardiff prison's catchment area.