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Prisons: Electronic Cigarettes

Commons · Question 45870 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

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Asked by Munira Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 10 May 2024 to Question 24357 on Prisons: Fires, how many ignition-free safer vape pens have been introduced in each prison.

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 29 Apr 2025

The Safer Vape Pen Initiative is designed to prevent use of these pens as an ignition source. In addition, the safer pen incorporates features that limit its scope to be used as a delivery mechanism for illicit substances. Pathfinder trials, involving 1,1...