§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked 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 FerrersThe 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:
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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:
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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