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Lord Harris of Greenwich
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many male and female prisoners have been held in police custody on every night since 1st September 1987 because of the current overcrowding in Her Majesty's prisons.
The Minister of State, Home Office
(The Earl of Caithness)
The number of male and female prisoners held in police custody in England and Wales on each night from 1st September onwards was as follows:
| Males | Females | |
| September 1st | 315 | 6 |
| September 2nd | 370 | 1 |
| September 3rd | 336 | 0 |
| September 4th | 416 | 3 |
| September 5th | 476 | 0 |
| September 6th | 476 | 0 |
| September 7th | 476 | 0 |
| September 8th | 543 | 1 |
| September 9th | 568 | 1 |
| September 10th | 569 | 0 |
| September 11th | 568 | 0 |
| September 12th | 577 | 0 |
| September 13th | 577 | 0 |
| September 14th | 619 | 6 |
| September 15th | 620 | 0 |
| September 16th | 620 | 1 |
| September 17th | 597 | 0 |
| September 18th | 625 | 2 |
| September 19th | 611 | 8 |
| September 20th | 611 | 8 |
| September 21st | 656 | 2 |
| September 22nd | 709 | 9 |
| September 23rd | 717 | 7 |
| September 24th | 636 | 9 |
| September 25th | 630 | 9 |
| September 26th | 718 | 1 |
| September 27th | 718 | 1 |
| September 28th | 718 | 1 |
| September 29th | 788 | 0 |
| September 30th | 818 | 0 |
| October 1st | 809 | 0 |
| October 2nd | 842 | 0 |
| October 3rd | 909 | 1 |
| October 4th | 909 | 1 |
| October 5th | 909 | 1 |
| October 6th | 974 | 3 |
| October 7th | 938 | 0 |
| October 8th | 958 | 0 |
| October 9th | 973 | 0 |
| October 10th | 1,121 | 1 |
| October 11th | 1,121 | 1 |
| October 12th | 1,121 | 1 |
| October 13th | 1,180 | 1 |
| October 14th | 1,219 | 0 |
| October 15th | 1,253 | 0 |
| October 16th | 1,249 | 8 |
| October 17th | 1,295* | 10* |
| October 18th | 1,295* | 10* |
| October 19th | 1,295* | 10* |
| October 20th | 1,320 | 15 |
| October 21st | 1,281 | 21 |
| October 22nd | 1,249 | 22 |
| October 23rd | 1,268 | 30 |
| October 24th | 1,264 | 26 |
| October 25th | 1,264 | 26 |
| October 26th | 1,264 | 26 |
| October 27th | 1,240 | 15 |
| October 28th | 1,132 | 16 |
| October 29th | 1,076 | 19 |
| October 30th | 960 | 8 |
| October 31st | 899 | 11 |
| Males | Females | |
| November 1st | 899 | 11 |
| November 2nd | 899 | 11 |
| November 3rd | 816 | 13 |
| November 4th | 792 | 18 |
| November 5th | 774 | 13 |
| November 6th | 733 | 18 |
| November 7th | 804 | 16 |
| November 8th | 804 | 16 |
| November 9th | 804 | 16 |
| November 10th | 746 | 21 |
| November 11th | 765 | 24 |
| November 12th | 704 | 45 |
| November 13th | 729 | 40 |
| November 14th | 747 | 39 |
| November 15th | 747 | 39 |
| November 16th | 747 | 39 |
| November 17th | 753 | 57 |
| (*Figures for 17th, 18th and 19th October are estimates; accurate statistics for the Metropolitan Police area were not available owing to computer failure.) | ||