Question follow-through · 1304
Body Searches: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the commitment to introduce new legal safeguards around strip-searching children and young people; and what the timeline is for the implementation of these safeguards.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 20 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the commitment to introduce new legal safeguards around strip-searching children and young people; and what the timeline is for the implementation of these safeguards.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
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20 May 2026
Answer published
Strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police. The Government has been clear that, where these powers are used, they must be exercised lawfully, proportionately and with proper regard for the welfare and dignity of children and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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