Prison Officers: Pepper Spray

(asked on 30th April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in each prison have been trained to use PAVA spray.


Answered by
Robert Buckland Portrait
Robert Buckland
This question was answered on 13th May 2019

Comprehensive training has been provided to those staff permitted to carry PAVA, which was piloted in four HMPPS prisons.

To date only staff in the pilot sites have been trained, the numbers of eligible staff trained at each prison is available in the table below.

Prison

Number of eligible staff trained

Risley

245

Wealstun

163

Preston

229

Hull

314

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