Intimate searches

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/002630/A

Version Date: 14/02/2025

The Crime and Criminal Justice Department has provided the following information.

For the last three calendar years or 12-month periods ending in 2021, 2022 and 2023, please can you tell me, per year

1          How many intimate searches were conducted?      
None

2          How many intimate searches were conducted on biological males?
None

3          How many intimate searches were conducted on biological females?
None

4          How many intimate searches were conducted on biological males by biological males?
None

5          How many intimate searches were conducted on biological males by biological females?
None

6          How many intimate searches were conducted on biological females by biological females?
None

7          How many intimate searches were conducted on biological females by biological males?
None

8          How many intimate searches were conducted on biological females by biological males who identify as women (without a gender recognition certificate)?
None

9          How many intimate searches were conducted on biological females by biological males who identify as women (with a gender recognition certificate)?
None

10        How many biological males refused to be intimately searched by a female officer?
None

11        How many biological females refused to be intimately searched by a male officer?
None

12        How many biological females refused to be intimately searched by a male officer who identifies as a woman (without a gender recognition certificate)?
None

13        How many biological females refused to be intimately searched by a male officer who identifies as a woman (with a gender recognition certificate)?
None

I am only interested in PACE code C strip search and intimate body search which has been conducted after detention in the custody suite.