§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what he now expects to be the total cost of Operation Container in looking after remand prisoners in police cells in Greater Manchester and elsewhere.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe available information is given in the following table which relates to the whole police cells operation in England and Wales. Separate figures for remand prisoners are not collected centrally.
Financial period Payments to Greater Manchester police £ Payments to other police forces £ 1990–91 15,931,767 37,581,143 1991–92 20,522,278 74,217,700 Current year to 27 October 1992 10,225,349 32,374,518 Total 46,679,394 144,173,361