Asked by: Baroness Blower (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances police officers are permitted to be in possession of (1) PAVA spray, and (2) TASER, when they are off duty.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Decisions around the equipping of police officers with PAVA spray and TASER are operational matters for Chief Constables.