HL Deb 26 November 1991 vol 532 cc80-2WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many remand and convicted prisoners have been held in police cells on each day since 7th October 1991; and how many were held by each police force on 12th November 1991.

Earl Ferrers

The numbers of prisoners held in police cells in England and Wales on each day (excluding weekends and bank holidays) since 7th October are as follows:

Number
7 October 1991 1,643
8 October 1991 1,728
9 October 1991 1,651
10 October 1991 1,672
11 October 1991 1,661
14 October 1991 1,720
15 October 1991 1,825
16 October 1991 1,786
17 October 1991 1,807
18 October 1991 1,802
21 October 1991 1,814
22 October 1991 1,877
23 October 1991 1,795
24 October 1991 1,822
25 October 1991 1,807
28 October 1991 1,804
29 October 1991 1,870
30 October 1991 1,819
31 October 1991 1,802
1 November 1991 1,777
4 November 1991 1,744
5 November 1991 1,825
6 November 1991 1,779
7 November 1991 1,787
Number
8 November 1991 1,718
11 November 1991 1,637
12 November 1991 1,719
13 November 1991 1,634
14 November 1991 1,626
15 November 1991 1,640
18 November 1991 1,605

Data are not collected in a way that enables the number of remand prisoners to be readily distinguished from sentenced prisoners, but most would have ben held on remand.

The numbers of prisoners held in police cells by each police force on 12 November were as follows:

Number
Avon and Somerset 46
Bedfordshire 32
Cambridgeshire 21
Cheshire 44
Cleveland 22
Cumbria 12
Derbyshire 50
Devon and Corwall 23
Dorset 3
Durham 21
Dyfed 15
Essex 11
Gloucestershire 8
Number
Greater Manchester 227
Gwent 23
Hampshire 17
Hertfordshire 18
Humberside 67
Kent 37
Lancashire 97
Leicestershire 36
Lincolnshire 17
City of London 0
Merseysidc 89
Metropolitan 122
Norfolk 28
North Wales 15
North Yorkshire 35
Northamptonshire 26
Northumbria 34
Nottinghamshire 42
South Wales 63
South Yorkshire 95
Staffordshire 10
Suffolk 12
Surrey 9
Sussex 45
Thames Valley 31
Warwickshire 8
West Mercia 35
West Midlands 43
West Yorkshire 99
Wiltshire 31
Total 1,719