PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Body Searches: Children (9 June 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June to Question 8160 on Body searches: Children, for what reason police forces will be providing data on strip searches for 2021-22 on a voluntary basis.

Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

New data collections, such as the one proposed on strip searches, are often introduced on a voluntary basis when forces need time to make changes to their IT systems or recording processes to enable them to provide the requested data on a consistent basis.

Answered by:
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
16 June 2022