HC Deb 23 November 1987 vol 123 c57W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many plastic baton rounds have been issued to England and Welsh police forces; and how many rounds are held in each force area;

(2) how many plastic baton rounds have been earmarked for each regional stockpile.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Since May 1986, plastic baton rounds have been supplied to police forces from a Home Office central store. It is not the practice to disclose the number of rounds held centrally or the number issued to, or held by, individual forces. Those police forces holding plastic baton rounds are as follows:

  • Avon and Somerset
  • Essex
  • Greater Manchester
  • Hampshire
  • Humberside
  • Kent
  • Lancashire
  • Leicestershire
  • Merseyside
  • Metropolitan Police
  • Northamptonshire
  • North Wales
  • North Yorkshire
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Sussex
  • Thames Valley
  • Warwickshire
  • West Midlands
  • West Yorkshire