Body Searches: Children

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle cases of police forces not routinely recording additional characteristics of vulnerability during child strip searches, including a) child in need status, b) lo

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1. 15 July 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle cases of police forces not routinely recording additional characteristics of vulnerability during child strip searches, including a) child in need status, b) lo

   Source: Commons

2. 1 September 2026

   Answer

   The Government recognises that strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and that its use must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and subject to robust safeguards, particularly where children and vulnerable people are invol...

   Source: Written answer

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