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Mr. Arthur Lewis
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at the latest most convenient stated date, how many persons were in custody on remand awaiting trial who had been in prison or custody for one week or more.
Mr. Whitelaw
It is estimated that on 30 April 1980 nearly 4,000 persons held on remand to await trial had been in custody for one week or more.