HL Deb 18 February 1992 vol 535 cc46-8WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many remand and sentenced prisoners and detainees under the Immigration Acts were held in police cells on each day since 7th October 1991.

Earl Ferrers

The numbers of prisoners held in police cells on each day (excluding weekends and bank holidays) since 7th October 1991 are shown in the attached table. I regret that the information is not collected in a way which enables remand prisoners to be distinguished from sentenced prisoners, but most would have been held on remand. Similarly, it is not possible from the information available to identify immigration detainees but it is unlikely that any prisoners held in police cells in this period would be detainees.

Prisoners held in police cells: 7th October 1991-4th February 1992
Numbers
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
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
19 November 1991 1,691
20 November 1991 1,657
21 November 1991 1,664
22 November 1991 1,638
25 November 1991 1,631
26 November 1991 1,707
27 November 1991 1,621
28 November 1991 1,640
29 November 1991 1,667
2 December 1991 1,677
3 December 1991 1,766
4 December 1991 1,675

Numbers
5 December 1991 1,705
6 December 1991 1,628
9 December 1991 1,592
10 December 1991 1,652
11 December 1991 1,534
12 December 1991 1,482
13 December 1991 1,451
16 December 1991 1,440
17 December 1991 1,476
18 December 1991 1,402
19 December 1991 1,354
20 December 1991 1,259
23 December 1991 1,149
24 December 1991 1,065
30 December 1991 969
31 December 1991 985
2 January 1992 1,008
3 January 1992 1,031
6 January 1992 1,075
7 January 1992 1,152

Numbers
8 January 1992 1,141
9 January 1992 1,175
10 January 1992 1,199
13 January 1992 1,199
14 January 1992 1,260
15 January 1992 1,269
16 January 1992 1,269
17 January 1992 1,292
20 January 1992 1,313
21 January 1992 1,335
22 January 1992 1,281
23 January 1992 1,265
24 January 1992 1,281
27 January 1992 1,253
28 January 1992 1,283
29 January 1992 1,244
30 January 1992 1,236
31 January 1992 1,247
3 February 1992 1,221
4 February 1992 1,302