Body Searches: Children and Young People
Commons · Question 14880 · Tabled 1 Jul 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Cat Smith
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
Answered by Sarah Jones, 9 Jul 2026
The 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 ...