HC Deb 22 July 2004 vol 424 c582W
Mr. Wood

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the use of CS gas spray by police forces in England and Wales. [184797]

Caroline Flint

CS incapacitant spray has been available to police forces in England and Wales since 1996. Currently out of 43 police forces, 40 are using CS incapacitant spray as an item of self-defence equipment.