Dame Rachel de Souza said the disproportionate number 'remains a critical concern'
Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England said the statistics called into question ‘the necessity of such an intrusive search in the first place’.Black children across England and Wales are four times more likely to be strip-searched compared with national population figures, according to a report from the Children’s Commissioner.
The commissioner said this statistic calls into question “the necessity of such an intrusive search in the first place”. Dame Rachel’s latest report shows the number of strip searches – those exposing intimate parts – under stop and search of children in England and Wales in 2022 was 42% lower than in 2020.
In what Dame Rachel said was an indication that more children are receiving support after a strip search, her report showed the majority of police forces have made procedural changes to how they are carried out and that nearly half of searches between July 2022 and June 2023 saw a safeguarding referral – a “significant increase” from previous years.
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