United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL13970
Prisons: Body Searches
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8 March 2021
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22 March 2021 · Answer
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Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to revise the current policy that women prisoners have the right to be searched only by officers of female sex assigned at birth, as outlined in Procedures for searching people: PSI 07/2016, published o
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8 March 2021
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to revise the current policy that women prisoners have the right to be searched only by officers of female sex assigned at birth, as outlined in Procedures for searching people: PSI 07/2016, published o
Source: Lords
22 March 2021
Answer
The national policy on the searching of prisoners, staff and visitors (PSI 07/2016 – Searching of the Person) is currently under review and a revised version is intended to be published later this year. The updated policy will include direction on transge...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-08/HL13970
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1300440
- uk · wq-1300440 · source updated 22 March 2021