Stop and Search: Forms

Mr. Clegg
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what regulations or guidance there is on the design of forms issued by police forces to people who are stopped and searched under counter-terror legislation.

Jacqui Smith
Comprehensive guidance on all aspects of stop and search, including the use and importance of forms, was published by CENTREX in July last year. This guidance can be found at

http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/policies/Data/Stoppercent20&percent20Searchpercent20lnteractive_29.06.06.pdf 

and a copy has been placed in the Library of the House.