asked Her Majesty's Government:How many remand prisoners have been held overnight in police cells since 1st January 1984; how many of these were detained in accommodation outside the Metropolitan Police district; and which police forces were involved.

The number of prisoners held overnight in police cells since 1st January is as follows:

January	Total	Outside MPD	February	Total	Outside MPD
1/2	Nil	Nil	1/2	128	11
2/3	Nil	Nil	2/3	106	11
3/4	3	Nil	3/6	139	23
4/5	1	Nil	6/7	152	32
5/6	20	9	7/8	132	12
6/9	11	Nil	8/9	140	25
9/10	29	4	9/10	116	21
10/11	21	1	10/13	122	22
11/12	16	2	13/14	120	16
12/13	11	Nil	14/15	107	18
13/16	13	1
16/17	38	1
17/18	51	1
18/19	25	Nil
19/20	39	16
20/23	43	3
23/24	70	9
24/25	57	6
25/26	56	8
26/27	71	11
27/30	95	1
30/31	145	14
31/1	121	14

Prisoners were held outside the Metropolitan Police district by the Surrey, Sussex, Essex, Hertfordshire, Thames Valley, Kent, Hampshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Dorset and City of London forces. All these prisoners were