Children: Custody Baroness Stern asked Her Majesty's Government: How many children under the age of 18 have been held overnight in police cells in the last 12 months; for how long; and, of these, how many were aged (a) 13; (b) 14; (c) 15; (d) 16; and (e) 17. [HL2539] The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal) Data on the age of people held overnight in police cells in England and Wales are not held centrally in England and Wales.