Question follow-through · 14882

Children: Body Searches

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.

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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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  1. 1 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 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 ...

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