PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prisoners on Remand: Police Custody (8 February 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many remand prisoners have been held in police stations until a prison place became available rather than returned to prison following a court appearance in the last 12 months.

Asked by:
Richard Burgon (Labour)

Prisoners are only held in police custody following a court appearance in exceptional circumstances. For example, when a court is sitting late and there is not enough time to return to their establishment. This practice has been in place since 2004.

In order to establish how many are held on remand we would need to contact Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contractors to review all prisoner records for those locked out to establish which ones were on remand as this is not held centrally and this could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Answered by:
Mr Sam Gyimah (Liberal Democrat)
20 February 2017