Written Question·Home Office·UIN 20027
Police Custody and Stop and Search: Body Searches
Tabled: 13 December 2024
Answered: 23 December 2024
Question
Marsha De Cordova
Labour — Battersea
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing data on whether illicit objects were found during strip searches (a) in police custody and (b) during police stop and searches by (
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonStrip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police. Its use must be fair, respectful, without unlawful discrimination, and transparent. The Government is committed to introducing new legal safeguards around strip searching children.A...
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