Written Question·Home Office·UIN 17226
Body Searches: Ethnic Groups
Tabled: 2 December 2024
Answered: 10 December 2024
Question
Marsha De Cordova
Labour — Battersea
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to tackle disproportionate use of full strip searches during stop and searches of (a) Black, (b) Asian and (c) other ethnic minority people.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonStrip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and its use must be fair, respectful and without unlawful discrimination. No one should be subject to the use of any police power based on their race or ethnicity. That is why the Go...
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