HL Deb 01 June 1992 vol 537 cc54-5WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many remand and sentenced prisoners were held in police cells by each police force on 19th May 1992.

Earl Ferrers

The numbers of prisoners held in police cells by each police force on 19th May are shown in the attached table. I regret that the information is not collected in a way that enables remand prisoners to be distinguished from sentenced prisoners, but most would have been held on remand.

Prisoners held in police cells, by police force on 19th May 1992
Police force Number
Avon and Somerset 43
Bedfordshire 23
Cambridgeshire 19
Cheshire 43
Cleveland 25
Cumbria 20
Derbyshire 25
Devon and Cornwall 31
Durham 25
Dyfed 13
Essex 15
Gloucestershire 8
Greater Manchester 211
Gwent 18
Hampshire 19
Hertfordshire 18
Humberside 29
Lancashire 90
Leicestershire 29
Lincolnshire 9
Merseyside 84
Metropolitan 140
Norfolk 12
North Wales 14
North Yorkshire 25
Northamptonshire 29
Northumbria 71
Nottinghamshire 33
South Wales 65
South Yorkshire 49
Staffordshire 16
Suffolk 26
Surrey 8
Sussex 8
Thames Valley 22
Warwickshire 12
West Mercia 51
West Midlands 54
West Yorkshire 152
Wiltshire 24
Total 1,608