The move comes as children's rights campaign group Article 39 said it is considering seeking a judicial review into the use of such techniques when children are being escorted to secure settings.
Techniques designed to deliberately inflict pain, which can currently be used by escorts, include twisting and bending children's arms and wrists, or pinning them to the ground.
Such restraint techniques have been banned within secure children's homes since 2011, but are permitted for escorts taking them to homes and other secure settings. Staff in secure training centres and young offender institutions are also able to use the techniques.
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