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Young Offender Institutions: Pepper Spray

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Ministers in her Department have had discussions with the Prison Officers' Association on the issuing of PAVA spray to prison officers in the youth estate since the general election.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
9 Sept 2024
Answer
13 Sept 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Ministers in her Department have had discussions with the Prison Officers' Association on the issuing of PAVA spray to prison officers in the youth estate since the general election.

  2. 9 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Whether PAVA spray should be made available to officers in the youth estate was one of the matters discussed when the Secretary of State and the Minister for Prisons met representatives of the Prison Officers Association in July. We are considering all av...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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