Strip Searched carried out by MPS from January 2016 to October 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.027220

I note you seek access to the following information:

NEW REQUEST:
A count of individuals by year, gender, officer defined ethnicity and over/under 18, appropriate adult shown as present. Please note the information is held form 2016 onwards.

OLD REQUEST:
Many thanks for your response.

Can you please proceed on the basis that you have suggested (ie excluding the mental health data).

PREVIOUS REQUEST 01/FOI/22/025865:
I would like to request a list of all of the individuals that have been strip searched by your police force Since 1 January 2015.

For each entry on the list I would like to know:
- The gender of the individual that was strip searched
- The race of the individual that was strip searched
- The year that they were strip searched
- Whether the individual was under the age of 18 when they were strip searched (yes/no)
- If the individual had physical or mental disability and what that physical or mental disability was
- Whether or not the strip search took place with an appropriate adult present (This is sometimes required due to protections contained in Code C, Annex A Police and Criminal Evidence (PACE) Act 1984)

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.