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Mr. Michael
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total cost (a) to his Department and (b) to police authorities, of holding prisoners in police accommodation during the action by prison officers to limit numbers at Cardiff prison (i) as a total to date and (ii) in each month to date.
Mrs. Rumbold
Separate information on the cost of holding Cardiff prisoners in police cells is not collected centrally. It could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.