Children: Body Searches
Commons · Question 14882 · 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, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities regarding plans to end the use of strip search powers against minors.
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 ...