Home Office currently holds two standards: 39/07 Body Armour Standard (2007) and 012/17 Body Armour Standard 2017.
It has not been possible to submit new certification to the 2007 Body Armour standard since the introduction of the 2017 standard which supersedes all previous
Home Office Body Armour standards. In order for manufacturers and procurement teams to factor changes into their supply schedules, please note that from April 2023
the Home Office 2007 Body Armour standard will be removed and from this date it will no longer be possible to re-certify body armour to the 2007 standard through MQT2.
With effect from 31 May 2022 Home Office will no longer recertify armour where any changes (including like-for-like material changes) are made to armour certified to the Home Office Body Armour 2007 standard. This is ahead of the completed withdrawal of the 2007 standard effective from April 2023.
Furthermore, from 01 September 2022, MQT2 will only be permitted against a procurement requirement or UK Police request.
Any questions should be channelled through the usual routes
The Police Protective Equipment database holds information on protective equipment that has met the test requirements and standards of the Home Office.
You can search by equipment type, model number or test reference on the left side of this page.
Model | Equipment type | Manufacturer | Areal density | Date updated |
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RHP28KP3 icw CA0862 | Body Armour | Mehler Vario System GmbH | 27.63 | 29/07/2022 |
AS0711 | Body Armour | Mehler Vario System GmbH | 7.13 | 29/07/2022 |
SB 173ZPSA | Body Armour | SIOEN Ballistics Oy | 32.2 | 29/07/2022 |
Hawk 65-11F | Body Armour | Cooneen Protection (Formerly Hawk Protection) | 6.66 | 29/07/2022 |
Hawk 65-11 | Body Armour | Cooneen Protection (Formerly Hawk Protection) | 7.54 | 29/07/2022 |
PPSS CF-01 | Body Armour | PPSS | 6.33 | 25/07/2022 |
LPAC-CN-LVS-BV1 | Body Armour | Level Peaks Associates Ltd | 7.85 | 25/07/2022 |
CP171-10 | Body Armour | Cooneen Protection (Formerly Hawk Protection) | 7.0 | 25/07/2022 |
HA0143 ICW AP0252 | Body Armour | Safariland (Formerly Aegis Engineering) | 20.44 | 25/07/2022 |
HA0143 ICW AP0267 | Body Armour | Safariland (Formerly Aegis Engineering) | 18.9 | 25/07/2022 |