Skip to main content

Police protective equipment

Phasing out of Home Office Body Armour standard 2007

Please be advised of upcoming changes to the Home Office Body Armour Certification Standards.

As you will be aware, 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. We are certain you will understand and appreciate the need for this change which will ensure Body Armour remains safe and appropriate for use. 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


Search by


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.

Recent updates

Sort by:

Model Equipment type Manufacturer Areal density Date updated
AP0276 and AP0276S Body Armour Safariland (Formerly Aegis Engineering) 4.7 15/02/2023
CA0671D and CA0671D/F Body Armour Mehler Vario System GmbH 6.73 15/02/2023
RHP18P13 icw CA0865 Body Armour Mehler Vario System GmbH 18.1 15/02/2023
CA0865 Body Armour Mehler Vario System GmbH 9.2 15/02/2023
RHP18P13 icw CA0684 Body Armour Mehler Vario System GmbH 18.1 15/02/2023
HKP750R-058 icw CP172-11 Body Armour Cooneen Protection (Formerly Hawk Protection) 25.3 13/01/2023
CP 173-005 icw CP 171-105 Body Armour Cooneen Protection (Formerly Hawk Protection) 29.38 13/01/2023
VBPFIN2037 Body Armour SIOEN Ballistics 8.27 13/01/2023
SBB 17110 ZP Body Armour SIOEN Ballistics 6.6 13/01/2023
HPP-4002 icw SV-12212 Body Armour Source Vagabond Systems Ltd. 18.88 13/01/2023