HC Deb 18 May 1992 vol 208 c8W
Mr. Shersby

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the cost to public funds for the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available of keeping prisoners in police cells.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

In the financial year 1991–92, a total of £94.7 million was paid to police forces for holding prisoners who should have been accommodated in Prison Service establishments.