Prisons: Pepper Spray

(asked on 18th October 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many prisoners in England and Wales have been subject to (1) the drawing, and (2) the drawing and deployment, of PAVA spray since 1 April 2019 by (a) age, (b) ethnicity, (c) religion and (d) disability.


Answered by
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Lord Bellamy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 26th October 2023

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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