§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those police authorities which currently hold stocks of (a) CS gas, (b) plastic bullets, 141W (c) riot shields and (d) water cannon; and if he will indicate any additions to the list which have occurred during the last year.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe following police forces in England and Wales are understood to hold plastic baton rounds and/or CS gas:
Force Baton rounds CS gas Metropolitan police Yes Yes Avon and Somerset Yes Yes Bedfordshire No Yes Cambridgeshire No *Yes Cheshire No Yes City of London No Yes Cleveland No *Yes Derbyshire No Yes Durham No *Yes Essex Yes Yes Gloucestershire No *Yes Greater Manchester *Yes Yes Hampshire No Yes Hertfordshire No Yes Humberside Yes Yes Kent *Yes Yes Lancashire Yes Yes Leicestershire Yes Yes Lincolnshire No Yes Merseyside Yes Yes Norfolk No Yes Northumbria No Yes North Wales Yes No North Yorkshire Yes Yes Nottinghamshire No Yes South Yorkshire No Yes Staffordshire No *Yes Suffolk No Yes Sussex Yes Yes Warwickshire Yes Yes West Mercia No Yes West Midlands No Yes Wiltshire No Yes Notes:
Stocks of CS gas indicated are intended primarily for public order purposes.
* Indicates additions to the list during the last year.
All police forces in England and Wales have stocks of riot shields.
No police force in England and Wales holds operational water cannon, but the Metropolitan police are working with the Home Office in evaluating two prototype water cannon.