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1457283

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to tackle race disproportionality in the use of strip searches on children.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	153699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>Strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and its use should not be a routine occurrence. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act Codes of Practice govern how the police should deploy this power. If the police judge it operationally necessary, then any strip search conducted on a child must be carried out by officers of the same sex, in private and with an appropriate adult present unless both the child and the appropriate adult agree otherwise and in line with safeguarding procedures.</p><p>Nobody should be stopped and searched because of their race or ethnicity and safeguards exist to ensure that this does not happen, including statutory codes of practice, use of body worn video to increase accountability and extensive data collection. It is critical that we maintain public confidence in policing and as part of this we will be looking carefully at strengthening the system of local community scrutiny and the value of body-worn video, because transparency is vital.</p><p>The MoJ are supporting a project with the National Police Chief’s Council with the aim of addressing the difference in experience of ethnic minority children and adults in police custody. A wide range of agencies and independent advisors have contributed to this work, which engages a number of police forces across the country and builds on existing initiatives in the workplace, including a dedicated Independent Strip Search Scrutiny Panel (ISSSP) in Norfolk &amp; Suffolk Police.</p><p>From December 2022 we will be including more detailed custody data in the annual Police Powers and Procedures statistical bulletin which will include data on whether an appropriate adult was called out for a detained child and the number of strip searches &amp; Intimate searches carried out, broken down by age, gender, ethnicity, and offence type.</p><p>Further work is underway for the collection of data during stop &amp; searches on the use of strip search. Currently, the Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating this incident and it is vital we await their findings. However, we will consider all recommendations made for the Home Office as a result of these investigations very carefully.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 153698 154537 question first answered 21/04/2022 14:39:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1457617

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether data is available on the number of strip-searches carried out on children by police forces in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	154305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on stop and search on an annual basis as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical publication. The most recent data are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021</a></p><p>The Home Office have recently introduced a data collection on strip searches to the Annual Data Requirement. Police forces will be providing this data for 2021/22 on a voluntary basis, and it is due for publication towards the end 2022. The data collection will include details on the age, sex and ethnicity of persons strip searched by the police in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 154306 154307 question first answered 25/04/2022 17:22:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 65318 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1457618

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether data is available on the number of strip searches of children, broken down by (a) age, (b) ethnicity, (c) sex and (d) gender.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	154307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on stop and search on an annual basis as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical publication. The most recent data are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021</a></p><p>The Home Office have recently introduced a data collection on strip searches to the Annual Data Requirement. Police forces will be providing this data for 2021/22 on a voluntary basis, and it is due for publication towards the end 2022. The data collection will include details on the age, sex and ethnicity of persons strip searched by the police in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 154305 154306 question first answered 25/04/2022 17:22:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 65313 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1457619

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce new guidance on the use of strip-searches on children.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	154308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes of Practice govern how the police should undertake a strip search. The College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on Stop and Search provides further guidance for the police on the use of strip search.</p><p>We expect officers to follow the law and the best practice guidance set by the College of Policing in its APP. Any concerns about the use of strip searches should be raised with the relevant force or the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC), who investigate serious matters involving the police. We will consider all recommendations made for the Home Office as a result of these investigations very carefully.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/04/2022 14:35:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1457674

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether data is available on the number of strip searches undertaken on children by police forces in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	154306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on stop and search on an annual basis as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical publication. The most recent data are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021</a></p><p>The Home Office have recently introduced a data collection on strip searches to the Annual Data Requirement. Police forces will be providing this data for 2021/22 on a voluntary basis, and it is due for publication towards the end 2022. The data collection will include details on the age, sex and ethnicity of persons strip searched by the police in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 154305 154307 question first answered 25/04/2022 17:22:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1453343

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure appropriate guidance is issued to police officers, to prevent unnecessary strip searches or intimate searches of children.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	144813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes of Practice govern how the police should undertake a strip search. The College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on Stop and Search provides further guidance for the police on the use of strip search. We expect officers to follow the law and the best practice guidance set by the College of Policing in its APP.</p><p>Her Majesty’s inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICFRS) inspect police forces’ compliance with the legislation and APP through their programme of PEEL assessments, national thematic inspections and commissions from the Home Secretary and local policing bodies. We expect forces to respond to these recommendations and address failures of compliance with legislation and APP.</p><p>Searches involving exposure of intimate parts of the body must be conducted in accordance with the safeguards in paragraph 11 of Annex A of PACE Code C. If a child is strip searched, an appropriate adult must be present to support the child during this process. It is essential that the police and frontline professionals recognise vulnerability in children and young people, regardless of the circumstances around any interaction. To support this the Home Office have funded the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice programme, which shares the very best practice across forces. We also fund the College of Policing’s Public Protection and Safeguarding Leadership programme which ensures senior leaders in policing have a strong understanding of vulnerability.</p><p>Any concerns about the use of strip searches should be raised with the relevant force or the Independent Office of Police Complaints (IOPC), who investigate serious matters involving the police. As part of its work, the IOPC is required to consider if there is evidence of criminal wrongdoing or if police officers have a case to answer for misconduct or gross misconduct.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 144814 144815 144816 question first answered 29/03/2022 10:59:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1453344

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure that strip searches or invasive searches of children are reviewed (a) on the basis of safeguarding concerns and (b) by an appropriate body that is empowered to act against wrongful strip or invasive searches.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	144814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes of Practice govern how the police should undertake a strip search. The College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on Stop and Search provides further guidance for the police on the use of strip search. We expect officers to follow the law and the best practice guidance set by the College of Policing in its APP.</p><p>Her Majesty’s inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICFRS) inspect police forces’ compliance with the legislation and APP through their programme of PEEL assessments, national thematic inspections and commissions from the Home Secretary and local policing bodies. We expect forces to respond to these recommendations and address failures of compliance with legislation and APP.</p><p>Searches involving exposure of intimate parts of the body must be conducted in accordance with the safeguards in paragraph 11 of Annex A of PACE Code C. If a child is strip searched, an appropriate adult must be present to support the child during this process. It is essential that the police and frontline professionals recognise vulnerability in children and young people, regardless of the circumstances around any interaction. To support this the Home Office have funded the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice programme, which shares the very best practice across forces. We also fund the College of Policing’s Public Protection and Safeguarding Leadership programme which ensures senior leaders in policing have a strong understanding of vulnerability.</p><p>Any concerns about the use of strip searches should be raised with the relevant force or the Independent Office of Police Complaints (IOPC), who investigate serious matters involving the police. As part of its work, the IOPC is required to consider if there is evidence of criminal wrongdoing or if police officers have a case to answer for misconduct or gross misconduct.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 144813 144815 144816 question first answered 29/03/2022 10:59:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1453347

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to improve support to children who have been strip searched or intimately searched.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	144816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes of Practice govern how the police should undertake a strip search. The College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on Stop and Search provides further guidance for the police on the use of strip search. We expect officers to follow the law and the best practice guidance set by the College of Policing in its APP.</p><p>Her Majesty’s inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICFRS) inspect police forces’ compliance with the legislation and APP through their programme of PEEL assessments, national thematic inspections and commissions from the Home Secretary and local policing bodies. We expect forces to respond to these recommendations and address failures of compliance with legislation and APP.</p><p>Searches involving exposure of intimate parts of the body must be conducted in accordance with the safeguards in paragraph 11 of Annex A of PACE Code C. If a child is strip searched, an appropriate adult must be present to support the child during this process. It is essential that the police and frontline professionals recognise vulnerability in children and young people, regardless of the circumstances around any interaction. To support this the Home Office have funded the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice programme, which shares the very best practice across forces. We also fund the College of Policing’s Public Protection and Safeguarding Leadership programme which ensures senior leaders in policing have a strong understanding of vulnerability.</p><p>Any concerns about the use of strip searches should be raised with the relevant force or the Independent Office of Police Complaints (IOPC), who investigate serious matters involving the police. As part of its work, the IOPC is required to consider if there is evidence of criminal wrongdoing or if police officers have a case to answer for misconduct or gross misconduct.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 144813 144814 144815 question first answered 29/03/2022 10:59:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1452160

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with representatives of the Metropolitan Police following the strip search of a 15-year-old black student in a Hackney-based secondary school.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	142055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and the reports of this incident are deeply concerning.</p><p>It was referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) last year and the IOPC served misconduct notices on three police constables and are now nearing completion of their investigation.</p><p>We must now let the IOPC conclude its work. We expect the Metropolitan Police Service to respond to the IOPC’s findings swiftly and for policing across England and Wales to learn lessons where applicable. Whilst this is an operational policing matter, the Home Office will consider any broader implications from this case.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/03/2022 17:06:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West