Strip searches of under 18s 275/2022
FOI Reference: 275/2022
Request 1 - 5:
1. How many strip searches/further searches of under 18s were performed by officers in the following financial years:
- 1 April 2021 - 31 March 2022
- 1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021
- 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2020
- 1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019
- 1 April 2017 - 31 March 2018
2. Please provide a breakdown for each year by gender
3. Please provide a breakdown for each year by ethnicity
4. For each year - how many of the under 18s were handcuffed during the process
5. For each year - how many of those searches were released by police without charge
Clarification: The request is specifically relating to stop and searches – not strip searches in custody
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Financial Year |
Stop and Searches of Under 18 Year Olds |
|
2017/18 |
0 |
|
2018/19 |
1 |
|
2019/20 |
2 |
|
2020/21 |
0 |
|
2021/22 |
1 |
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Financial Year |
Male |
Female |
|
2017/18 |
0 |
0 |
|
2018/19 |
1 |
0 |
|
2019/20 |
2 |
0 |
|
2020/21 |
0 |
0 |
|
2021/22 |
1 |
0 |
Response 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Financial Year |
Ethnicity (White North European) |
|
2017/18 |
0 |
|
2018/19 |
1 |
|
2019/20 |
2 |
|
2020/21 |
0 |
|
2021/22 |
1 |
Response 4:
I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that the Stop/Search records do not record whether the suspect was handcuffed during the process.
Response 5:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Financial Year |
Released Without Charge |
|
2017/18 |
0 |
|
2018/19 |
1 |
|
2019/20 |
2 |
|
2020/21 |
0 |
|
2021/22 |
1 |
It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 10/05/2022)