Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the National Police Chiefs’ Council regarding their review of guidance of trans identified police offers conducting strip searches; and when it will be published.

Ministers and officials meet with representatives of the NPCC on a regular basis and discuss a wide range of topics.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council is currently reviewing its national guidance on searching by transgender officers, and we anticipate this will be issued to forces in 2025.