questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department will provide protective body armour to all prison officers working in (a) long-term and (b) high-security prisons.
answerText: His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has committed to delivering the Deputy Prime Minister's pledge to equip up to 10,000 staff with protective body armour (PBA). The provision of custom-made body armour to prison officers in the long-term a...
heading: Prison Officers: Body Armour