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Lord Harris of Greenwich
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many male and female prisoners respectively have been kept in police custody on every night since 16th November 1987 because of the overcrowding in 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 16th November onwards was as follows:
| Males | Females | |
| 16th November | 747 | 39 |
| 17th November | 753 | 57 |
| 18th November | 677 | 60 |
| 19th November | 667 | 56 |
| 20th November | 597 | 53 |
| 21st November | 678 | 49 |
| 22nd November | 678 | 49 |
| 23rd November | 678 | 49 |
| 24th November | 724 | 44 |
| 25th November | 729 | 46 |
| 26th November | 690 | 46 |
| 27th November | 685 | 35 |
| 28th November | 863 | 49 |
| 29th November | 863 | 49 |
| 30th November | 863 | 49 |
| 1st December | 851 | 59 |
| 2nd December | 806 | 58 |
| 3rd December | 772 | 56 |
| 4th December | 741 | 52 |
| 5th December | 795 | 34 |
| 6th December | 795 | 34 |
| 7th December | 795 | 34 |
| 8th December | 811 | 35 |
| 9th December | 760 | 36 |
| 10th December | 701 | 35 |
| 11th December | 656 | 39 |
| 12th December | 735 | 50 |
| 13th December | 735 | 50 |
| 14th December | 735 | 50 |
| 15th December | 760 | 45 |