Question follow-through · 14879
Body Searches: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of requiring police forces to 1) inform the child’s legal parent or guardian prior to the strip search taking place, and 2) ensure that the parent or guardian
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of requiring police forces to 1) inform the child’s legal parent or guardian prior to the strip search taking place, and 2) ensure that the parent or guardian
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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9 Jul 2026
Answer published
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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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