Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 49
49
Paragraph: 368
No adequate justification exists for racial disproportionality in stop and search, especially for drugs.
Conclusion
No evidence to this inquiry has adequately explained or justified the nature and scale of the disproportionality in the use of stop and search powers. This is especially the case for searches for the possession of drugs where evidence shows that Black people are less likely than White people to have used drugs in the last year, but are 2.4 times more likely to be stopped and searched for drug possession.
Paragraph Reference:
368
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 26 May 2022. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗