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Prison Officers (Identification)

Volume 974: debated on Friday 30 November 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will ensure that prison officers always wear numbers for ease of identification when on duty.

It is not the practice for prison officers to wear numbers and no reasons have been put to me to justify the introduction of such a practice.