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Prisons: Protective Clothing

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.

answeredMinistry of Justice

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
16 May 2025
Answer
16 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 16 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 May 2025

    Answer published

    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 ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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