HC Deb 05 March 1990 vol 168 cc422-3W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many women have been strip searched in each of the last 10 years in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Cope

The strip-searching procedures for female prisoners were introduced at Armagh prison in November 1982. Yearly figures for the number of women strip searched are only available from 1985 onwards. The details for 1985 to 1989 are as follows:

No.
1985 144
1986 162
1987 149
1988 145
1989 145