Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 51850

Prisons: Protective Clothing

Tabled: 13 May 2025
Answered: 16 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Robert Jenrick

Reform UKNewark

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to publish the outcome of her Department's review into whether protective body armour should be made available to frontline prison staff.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
HM Prison & Probation Service has commissioned an internal review to establish whether it is necessary for our brave and hard-working prison officers to wear Protective Body Armour either routinely or when working in high-risk environments within the ...

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