HC Deb 26 March 1985 vol 76 c129W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if prisoners are ever issued with razor blades for shaving which have been used previously by other prisoners.

Mr. Mellor

No. In most establishments inmates are issued weekly with their own disposable safety razor. In others, razor blades are issued individually to inmates each day under a paper wrapper bearing the inmate's name and returned to the landing staff daily in the same way.