Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the use of police tasers on children.

The Government is clear that all police use of force must be reasonable, proportionate and necessary in all circumstances.

All police officers are comprehensively trained in assessing the potential vulnerabilities of a person, including their age and size when they take the difficult decision to use force which is necessary to achieve a lawful objective.