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<p>The National Police Chiefs Council has reported figures on the number of children
held in police custody as a place of safety under section 136 of the Mental Health
Act for only three years. These were as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2012-13 <ins class="ministerial">256</ins>
<del class="ministerial">255</del>;</p><p>2013-14 <ins class="ministerial">161</ins>
<del class="ministerial">256</del>; and</p><p>2014-15 <ins class="ministerial">145</ins>
<del class="ministerial">161</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Data on children and young people
sectioned under other sections of the Mental Health Act are not available centrally.</p>
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