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Police Custody: Wales

Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) on how many days police custody suites in (a) Wales, (b) Dyfed-Powys police area and (c) Pembrokeshire have been used to accommodate prisoners in 2007; [166247]

(2) how many prisoners have been accommodated in police custody suites in (a) Wales, (b) Dyfed-Powys police area and (c) Pembrokeshire in 2007; [166248]

(3) how many cells in police custody units in (a) Wales, (b) Dyfed-Powys police area and (c) Pembrokeshire are reserved for prisoners. [166246]

[Official Report, 28 November 2007, Vol. 468, c. 483-84W.]

Letter from David Hanson:

Errors have been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Mr. Crabb) on 5 December 2007. The correct answer should have been:

Mr. Hanson: The following table shows the correct number of nights between 22 January and 22 November 2007 that police cells were used in Wales, by Dyfed Powys police force and in Pembrokeshire for Operation Safeguard, and the number of occasions prisoners were held (one occasion means one prisoner night in a police cell).

Nights Occasions

Wales

628

4,654

Dyfed Powys

135

682

Pembrokeshire

85

372


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Police Custody

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions prisoners were housed in police stations in each of the last six months due to prison overcrowding; and what additional funding has been provided to the police forces providing prison services. [170465]

[Official Report, 5 December 2007, Vol. 468, c. 1261W.]

Letter from David Hanson:

Errors have been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) on 5 December 2007. The correct answer should have been:

Mr. Hanson: The following table shows the correct number of occasions prisoners have been held under Operation safeguard in England and Wales in each of the last six months:

2007 Occasions( 1)

June

10,157

July

810

August

4,950

September

7,840

October

9,565

November

7,693

One occasion means one prisoner night in a police cell.

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Prisoners: Police Custody

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were held in police cells in each police force area in each of the last five years; and at what estimated cost in each year. [172863]

[Official Report, 7 January 2008, Vol. 470, c. 164-66W.]

Letter from David Hanson:

Errors have been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Ruffley) on 7 January 2008. The correct answer should have been:

Mr. Hanson: The following table records the accurate figures for the number of occasions on which prisoners have been in police cells under Operation Safeguard in England and Wales in 2006 and 2007. (One occasion is defined as one prisoner night spent in a police cell).


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Table 1: The number of occasions on which prisoners were held in police cells under Operation Safeguard
Police force area 2006 2007

Avon and Somerset

0

132

Bedfordshire

0

414

Cambridgeshire

212

1,262

Cheshire

103

4,437

Cleveland

0

4

Cumbria

0

351

Derbyshire

113

454

Devon and Cornwall

38

1,995

Dorset

71

379

Durham

42

1,226

Dyfed Powys

1

682

Essex

1,009

4,387

Gloucestershire

0

17

Greater Manchester

15

3,086

Gwent

0

962

Hampshire

65

1,555

Hertfordshire

40

1,216

Humberside

0

81

Kent

335

3,654

Lancashire

0

1,802

Leicestershire

0

2,970

Lincolnshire

168

1,569

Merseyside

196

170

Metropolitan

333

10,740

Norfolk

0

20

North Wales

14

1,785

North Yorkshire

0

39

Northamptonshire

219

1,232

Northumbria

0

1,242

Nottinghamshire

0

187

South Wales

81

1,401

South Yorkshire

0

1,015

Staffordshire

0

2

Suffolk

83

1,171

Surrey

0

107

Sussex

338

262

Thames Valley

433

2,727

Warwickshire

93

1,191

West Mercia

0

63

West Midlands

570

6,959

West Yorkshire

45

3,672

Wiltshire

0

91


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Custodial Treatment: Children

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2007, Official Report, column 145W, on custodial treatment: children, how many children of age (a) 10, (b) 11, (c) 12 and (d) 13 years were held in custody following incidents of assault in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006. [175782]

[Official Report, 9 January 2008, Vol. 470, c. 532-33W.]

Letter from David Hanson:

Errors have been identified in the table of the written answer given to the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Susan Kramer) on 9 January. The correct answer should have been:

Mr. Hanson: The following table shows the number of young people from ages 10 to 13 in custody on remand or under sentence whose principal offence was assault as at 30 June in the three years in question. Young people in this age range are accommodated in either a secure children's home or secure training centre. This data has been supplied by the Youth Justice Board.

Number of children aged 10, 11, 12 and 13 years held in custody following incidents of assault on 30th June in 2004, 2005, and 2006
2004 2005 2006
Age Remanded Sentenced Remanded Sentenced Remanded Sentenced

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

0

0

0

0

0

2

13

1

4

3

3

0

0

Grand total

1

4

3

3

0

2


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