Pepper Spray and Stun Guns
Commons · Question 90012 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will regularly publish a single national table showing annual totals for (a) officers authorised to carry tasers, (b) officers authorised to carry PAVA/CS, (c) officers carrying or d
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 19 Nov 2025
The Home Office does not hold any data on the number or proportion of police officers in England and Wales that were authorised to carry Conducted Energy Devices or PAVA. However, to ensure transparency and accountability around police use of force, Home ...