Detention in Police or Court Cells

HL Deb 10 April 2000 vol 612 cc5-6WA

Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many persons were in detention in police or court cells at the most recent date; how many of them were detained under the Immigration Acts; and how recent figures compare with those of one year ago. [HL1806]

Table A: England and Wales. 1994–98
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Number of persons given a community service order for all offences at all courts	49,469	18,337	45,895	47,123	48,566
Total amount of hours given	6,049,239	6,265,267	5,350,078	5,530,827	5,647,667

Table B: Scotland, 1994–98
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Persons with a charge proved in Scottish courts where the main penalty was a community service order	5,320	5,339	5,711	5,707	5,246
Number of hours of community service1	735,088	742,300	812,812	856,901	785,522
1 Excludes a small number of cases where the number of hours of community service were not separately identifiable.

Table C: Northern Ireland, 1994–-98
	1994	1995	1996	1997	19981
Number of offenders given a community service order at all courts	610	607	648	598	33
Number of hours given	88,3942	88,792	94,2753	81,4454	4,974
1 Crown Court data only.
2 Excludes two missing values.
3Excludes 13 missing values.
4 Excludes seven missing values.

Lord Bassam of Brighton

The requested information is not collected centrally.