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Mr. Hancock
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many strip searches there have been of men and women at ports of entry in each year since 1979.
Mr. Waddington
No strip searches have been carried out at ports of entry by Home Office officials in this period.I am advised by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer that HM Customs and Excise keeps no records centrally of strip searches.