Written Question·Home Office·UIN 14880
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 publish data on a) multiple strip searches, b) the outcome, c) the reason, d) whether the outcome is linked, e) whether an officer of the opposite gender was present, and f) the search loc
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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