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Lord Harris of Greenwich
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many remand prisoners escaped from custody while detained in cells in magistrates' courts and police stations in 1986, 1987 and 1988.
The Minister of State, Home Office
(Earl Ferrers)
I regret that this information is not available for the country as a whole. However, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has provided the following information which relates only to the Metropolitan Police District:—
| Remand prisoners who have escaped from police custody | ||||
| No. escaped from magistrates' courts cells | No. recaptured | No. escaped from police cells | No. recaptured | |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 1987 | 0 | — | 12 | 10 |
| 1988 | 7* | 4 | 0 | — |
| *Escaped 6th March | ||||