The Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice (Damian Green)
I am today publishing the statistics on police use of Taser in England and Wales for the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011. These show that:
Total police use of Taser has increased year on year from 2009 to 2011.
The proportion of Taser where the “highest use” is “fired” remained constant through 2010 and 2011 at about a fifth, after declining from 2009.
The most common “highest use” of a Taser was “red dot” in each of the last two years.
Full details will be placed in the Library of the House.