asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those police authorities which currently hold stocks of (a) CS gas, (b) plastic bullets, (c) riot shields and (d) water cannon; and if he will indicate any additions to the list which have occurred during the last year.
The following police forces in England and Wales are understood to hold plastic baton rounds and/or CS gas:
| Force | Baton rounds | CS gas |
| Metropolitan police | Yes | Yes |
| Avon and Somerset | Yes | Yes |
| Bedfordshire | No | Yes |
| Cambridgeshire | No | *Yes |
| Cheshire | No | Yes |
| City of London | No | Yes |
| Cleveland | No | *Yes |
| Derbyshire | No | Yes |
| Durham | No | *Yes |
| Essex | Yes | Yes |
| Gloucestershire | No | *Yes |
| Greater Manchester | *Yes | Yes |
| Hampshire | No | Yes |
| Hertfordshire | No | Yes |
| Humberside | Yes | Yes |
| Kent | *Yes | Yes |
| Lancashire | Yes | Yes |
| Leicestershire | Yes | Yes |
| Lincolnshire | No | Yes |
| Merseyside | Yes | Yes |
| Norfolk | No | Yes |
| Northumbria | No | Yes |
| North Wales | Yes | No |
| North Yorkshire | Yes | Yes |
| Nottinghamshire | No | Yes |
| South Yorkshire | No | Yes |
| Staffordshire | No | *Yes |
| Suffolk | No | Yes |
| Sussex | Yes | Yes |
| Warwickshire | Yes | Yes |
| West Mercia | No | Yes |
| West Midlands | No | Yes |
| Wiltshire | No | Yes |
Notes:
Stocks of CS gas indicated are intended primarily for public order purposes.
* Indicates additions to the list during the last year.
All police forces in England and Wales have stocks of riot shields.
No police force in England and Wales holds operational water cannon, but the Metropolitan police are working with the Home Office in evaluating two prototype water cannon.