HC Deb 07 July 1993 vol 228 cc129-30W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cells at Rochester Row police station are available to hold prisoners; how many people have been held in those cells for more than 24 hours during the past three months; what is the average June temperature in those cells at 5 am; whether heating pipes are, in summer, increasing the temperature in those cells; and how those cells are ventilated or cooled in summer.

Mr. Charles Wardle

There are 10 cells and 12 detention rooms at Rochester Row police station. Not more than five prisoners have been held at Rochester Row for more

Notifiable offences recorded by the police
Burglary Theft of vehicle
1990 1991 1992 1990 1991 1992
Hammersmith and Fulham 4,512 4,728 4,630 1,322 1,534 1,635
Leicestershire 16,057 21,526 23,251 8,499 10,751 11,219
Derbyshire 12,527 18,500 22,225 5,559 7,410 9,070
Cleveland 16,559 17,278 20,504 11,712 11,712 12,498
Greater Manchester 87,855 97,715 103,390 55,338 55,338 57,985

than 24 hours between 1 April and 30 June 1993. The average temperature in the cells and detention rooms is not recorded. There are no heating pipes. Ventilation is by air brick.