HC Deb 06 December 1993 vol 234 c59W
Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many female prisoners in Northern Ireland have been subjected to forcible strip searching since March 1992.

Sir John Wheeler

No female prisoners in Northern Ireland have been forcibly searched since 2 March 1992; on that date, 21 female prisoners had to be restrained in order to comply with a search.