Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the likelihood of the use of tasers by the Metropolitan Police causing (a) temporary and (b) permanent injury.
Taser provides officers with an important tactical option when facing potentially violent situations.
Taser has been approved for police use following independent medical evaluation by the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons to determine that it is safe and effective.