HC Deb 27 November 1996 vol 286 c230W
Sir Irvine Patnick

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police forces currently using(a) CS and (b) pepper sprays; and if he will make a statement. [6107]

Mr. Maclean

I understand from a recent survey conducted by the Association of Chief Police Officers that the following forces in England and Wales have issued, or have decided to issue, CS sprays to officers:

  • Avon and Somerset
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Cleveland
  • Cumbria
  • Derbyshire
  • Devon and Cornwall
  • Dorset
  • Durham
  • Dyfed-Powys
  • Gloucestershire
  • Greater Manchester
  • Gwent
  • Hampshire
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Metropolitan
  • North Wales
  • North Yorkshire
  • Northamptonshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Surrey
  • Warwickshire
  • Wiltshire
  • West Mercia
  • West Yorkshire.

I am not aware of any force which has issued, or has decided to issue, pepper sprays.

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