Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many prison-based staff are (1) trained, and (2) equipped, to use tasers.

On 21 September, the Deputy Prime Minister announced that 500 prison-based staff would be trained and equipped to use Taser devices, as part of a wider effort to enhance safety across the prison estate, and currently we have 20 trained national specialist officers.

Delivering this capability is a significant undertaking: work to train and equip these officers is in progress.