Police: Children
(asked on 14th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the over-policing of children.
This question was answered on 14th November 2022
Children are a protected group with specific needs and vulnerabilities and it is essential that police recognise this during any interaction. Specific safeguards exist for children including a statutory requirement to consider their safety and welfare during a search or when making a decision to arrest. It is positive that the number of children arrested has declined significantly over the last 10 years.