HL Deb 12 April 1994 vol 553 cc90-1WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty"s Government:

How many remand and other prisoners were held in police cells on 1st April 1994, and in which police force areas.

Earl Ferrers

Responsibility for the subject of this Question has been delegated to the Prison Service and its Director General, Mr. Derek Lewis. The Director General has therefore arranged for a response to the Question and the letter is given below.

Letter to Lord Harris of Greenwich from the Director of Personnel and Services, HM Prison Service, Mr. A. J. Butler, dated 12 April 1994

The Earl Ferrers has asked me, in the absence of the: Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the numbers of prisoners held in police, cells on 1 April 1994 and in which police force areas.

The information is as follows:

Number
Greater Manchester 166
Lancashire 34
Merseyside 90
Northumbria 50

Number
South Yorkshire 8
West Yorkshire 50
Total 398