Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 4 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of plans in England and Wales to implement a phased removal of wet-shave razors from adult male prisons, what plans it has to replicate such a proposal in Scotland.
I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:
The SPS Public Protection Unit (PPU) review risks on a regular basis and based on intelligence analysis carried both locally and nationally, there are no current plans to implement a phased removal of wet shave razors from adult male prisons.