Written Question·Home Office·UIN 14876
Body Searches: Children and Young People
Tabled: 1 July 2026
Answered: 9 July 2026
Question
Cat Smith
Labour — Lancaster and Wyre
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of requiring police forces to have custody healthcare practitioners conduct child strip searches rather than police officers.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Government welcomes the Children’s Commissioner’s report, Police powers and children – strip searching and use of force, and takes its recommendations seriously.Strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and its use must ...
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