Written statement to Parliament

Police use of taser statistics England and Wales: January 2012 and 2013

This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons by Damian Green and in the House of Lords by Lord Taylor of Holbeach.

From:
Home Office and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Damian Green
Published
27 March 2014
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Delivered on:
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皇冠体育app Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice (Damian Green):

I am today publishing the statistics on police use of taser in England and Wales for 6 monthly periods between January 2012 and December 2013.

皇冠体育appse show that:

  • total police use of taser has increased from 2012 to 2013, continuing the trend seen since 2009
  • the proportion of taser where the 鈥榟ighest use鈥� was 鈥榝ired鈥� decreased between 2012 and 2013 鈥� accounting for 17% of uses in 2013
  • the most common 鈥榟ighest use鈥� of a taser was 鈥榬ed dot鈥� in each of the last 2 years, accounting for just over half of all uses

Full details are available on GOV.UK and a copy will be placed in the House Library.

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Published 27 March 2014