Report Summary
Issued 26 November 2024, this FOI response advises that information on the number of intimate searches by gender, including self identification, is not held by the Scottish Police Authority. Advice is provided that Police Scotland may hold information.
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Request
“For the last three calendar years or 12-month periods ending in 2021, 2022 and 2023, please can you tell me, per year
- How many intimate searches were conducted?
- How many intimate searches were conducted on biological males?
- How many intimate searches were conducted on biological females?
- How many intimate searches were conducted on biological males by biological males?
- How many intimate searches were conducted on biological males by biological females?
- How many intimate searches were conducted on biological females by biological females?
- How many intimate searches were conducted on biological females by biological males?
- How many intimate searches were conducted on biological females by biological males who identify as women (without a gender recognition certificate)?
- How many intimate searches were conducted on biological females by biological males who identify as women (with a gender recognition certificate)?
- How many biological males refused to be intimately searched by a female officer?
- How many biological females refused to be intimately searched by a male officer?
- How many biological females refused to be intimately searched by a male officer who identifies as a woman (without a gender recognition certificate)?
- How many biological females refused to be intimately searched by a male officer who identifies as a woman (with a gender recognition certificate)?”
