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798700

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 10.3 of the explanatory memorandum to the Mental Health Act 1983 (Places of Safety) Regulations 2017, whether funding has been provided as detailed in that paragraph.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	117094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department is making £30 million funding available to improve the provision of places of safety. £15 million of this is for the period 2016-18, and the application process is currently open for local Crisis Care Concordat areas that would like to bid against the £15 million that will be available for the period 2018-20. Information is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk/beyond-places-safety-bpos/" target="_blank">http://www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk/beyond-places-safety-bpos/</a></p><p>In addition, to support the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, the Department is investing an additional £1 billion in mental health services by 2020 to increase the provision of Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams, to provide mental health support in accident and emergency departments.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/12/2017 13:18:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

798710

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to establish target times for the assessment of places of safety under the Mental Health Act 1983 (Places of Safety) Regulations 2017.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	117104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/12/2017 17:48:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

748534

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people spent time in a police station as a place of safety due to a mental health condition in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	3125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The data is not yet available. We have made good progress to stop people in mental health crisis being taken to police cells with the 2016-17 data showing there has been almost 80% reduction in cases since 2011-12.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/07/2017 16:40:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

682345

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults spent time in a police station as a place of safety due to a mental health condition in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	62625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The information available is shown in the following table. Data was not collected prior to 2011/12. Data is published annually by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHS_Digital" target="_blank">NHS Digital</a> as part of the annual report for Inpatients Formally Detained in Hospitals Under the Mental Health Act 1983 and Patients Subject to Supervised Community Treatment, England.</p><p> </p><p>Places of safety orders made where a Mental Health Act 1983 Section 136 detention was in a police station, England</p><p><em> </em></p><p>2011-12 8,667</p><p>2012-13 7,791</p><p>2013-14 6,028</p><p>2014-15 3,996</p><p>2015-16 1,764</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Note: Total figures include adults and children and young people under 18</p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Data for 2011/12-2014/15, Inpatients Formally Detained in Hospitals Under the Mental Health Act 1983 and Patients Subject to Supervised Community Treatment, England, NHS Digital. Annual publication. 2016 edition: http://www.content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB22571/inp-det-m-h-a-1983-sup-com-eng-15-16-rep.pdf</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NHS Digital does not currently disaggregate between children and adults in this data set.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 03/02/2017 14:50:20 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

625989

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on changes in the level of use of section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	51214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department and Home Office have been working together to increase the use of joint health and policing approaches and interventions that reduce the need for the police to use their powers of detention under section 136 of the Mental Health Act.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of initiatives such as street triage schemes and community based places of safety provide an alternative to the use of police cells. Through the Health Based Places of Safety capital funding scheme, £15 million has been made available in 2016/17 and 2017/18 to improve the standard and number of places of safety, as well as provide new crisis cafes and safe havens, street triage vehicles and improve facilities for children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>This programme aligns with the mental health Crisis Care Concordat, the England-wide national agreement between the different agencies and services involved in the care of people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, a mental health crisis. Oversight of the Concordat is provided by the Concordat Steering Group and Chairmanship of this Group rotates between Departmental and Home Office Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the number of children and young people detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in police cells in England each year since 2010, the information available is shown in the table. Data was not collected prior to 2011/12. We understand the data for 2015/16 will now be published by NHS Digital in November.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 51213 question first answered 07/11/2016 17:58:45 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

625992

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children and young people being detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in police cells in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	51213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department and Home Office have been working together to increase the use of joint health and policing approaches and interventions that reduce the need for the police to use their powers of detention under section 136 of the Mental Health Act.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of initiatives such as street triage schemes and community based places of safety provide an alternative to the use of police cells. Through the Health Based Places of Safety capital funding scheme, £15 million has been made available in 2016/17 and 2017/18 to improve the standard and number of places of safety, as well as provide new crisis cafes and safe havens, street triage vehicles and improve facilities for children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>This programme aligns with the mental health Crisis Care Concordat, the England-wide national agreement between the different agencies and services involved in the care of people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, a mental health crisis. Oversight of the Concordat is provided by the Concordat Steering Group and Chairmanship of this Group rotates between Departmental and Home Office Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the number of children and young people detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in police cells in England each year since 2010, the information available is shown in the table. Data was not collected prior to 2011/12. We understand the data for 2015/16 will now be published by NHS Digital in November.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 51214 question first answered 07/11/2016 17:58:45 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

576842

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults spent time in a police station as a place of safety due to their mental health condition in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	45296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The information available is shown in the tables. Data was not collected prior to 2011/12. Data for 2015/16 will be published by NHS Digital in October.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014, the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat set an expectation that the number of uses of police cells as a place of safety for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 should reduce to below half that of 2011/12. That ambition was achieved on time in 2014/15, with a 54% reduction.</p><p> </p><p>Places of safety orders made where a Mental Health Act 1983 Section 136 detention was in a police station, England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>8,667</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>7,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>6,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>3,996</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Places of safety orders made where a Mental Health Act 1983 Section 136 detention was in a police station, England and the person detained was aged under 18</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em></p><p>1. Data for 2011/12-2014/15, Inpatients Formally Detained in Hospitals Under the Mental Health Act 1983 and Patients Subject to Supervised Community Treatment, England, Health and Social Care Information Centre. Annual publication. 2015 edition: <a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18803" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18803</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Surrey answering member printed Mr Jeremy Hunt question first answered 14/09/2016 15:40:00 answering member 1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

442440

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the frequency of use of police detention facilities for mental health patients who pose a risk to themselves or others when mental health facilities are full or unavailable.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	902872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Our departments have worked closely to achieve a reduction of 54% in the use of police custody as a place of safety in the last three years. We intend to amend primary legislation to further reduce its use and are investing up to £15 million in 2016-17 to help achieve this.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/01/2016 17:05:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

169677

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Police Custody
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made to eliminate the use of police cells as a place of safety for children and adults experiencing a mental health crisis.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
uin	HL3664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is taking action to prevent the inappropriate use of police cells as a place of safety under the Mental Health Act 1983.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has an ambition to reduce this practice by 50% this year – and to see how police and health colleagues can work together so that it does not happen at all to children and young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Last year the number of people taken to police cells as places of safety fell significantly, from 8,667 in 2011-12 to 6,028 in 2013-14. The police have told us that between the six months of April and September this year there have been 2,282 such cases – which, if maintained over the rest of the year, would result in a further 24% decrease in use of cells over last year. At the same time the use of health-based places of safety increased by 3,019 uses between 2012-13 and 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This puts us well on track to achieve our aim of reducing the 2011-12 figure of 8,667 uses of police cells by half in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There was a small reduction of 10% in the numbers of children who were taken to a police cell as a place of safety – for 2013-14 this happened in 236 cases, and for 2012-13 this happened in 263 cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In February, we published a Crisis Care Concordat to make sure people in crisis get the help they need. All localities are working together to complete local crisis declarations agreed by all the local relevant agencies, by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The concordat states a clear expectation that “police custody is never used as a place of safety” for under-18s, except in very exceptional circumstances where a police officer makes the decision that immediate safety of a child or young person requires it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In conjunction with the Home Office, the Department of Health has conducted a review of Section 135 and Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. This was published on 18 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new Children and Young People's Mental Health and Well-Being Taskforce will also be looking at the issue of under 18s being detained in police custody as part of its Access and Prevention work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/12/2014 15:59:40 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

166869

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Police Custody
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take further action to prevent the detention of mentally ill people in police cells caused by the shortage of relevant National Health Service secure mental health facilities.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL3287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is already taking action to prevent the inappropriate use of police cells as a place of safety under the Mental Health Act 1983.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has an ambition to reduce this practice by 50% this year – and to see how police and health colleagues can work together so that it does not happen at all to children and young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Last year the number of people taken to police cells as places of safety fell significantly. Emerging figures for police forces for 2014-15 appear to be continuing this downward trend.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The police have told us that between the six months of April and September this year there have been 2,282 such cases – which, if maintained over the rest of the year, would result in a further 24% decrease in use of cells over last year. At the same time the use of health-based places of safety increased by 3,019 uses between 2012-13 and 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This puts us well on track to achieve our aim of reducing the 2011-12 figure of 8,667 uses of police cells by half in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In February, we published a Crisis Care Concordat to make sure people in crisis get the help they need. All localities are working to complete local crisis declarations agreed by all the local relevant agencies, by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In conjunction with the Home Office, the Department of Health has conducted a review of section 135 and section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. This is due to report shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new Children and Young People's Mental Health and Well-Being Taskforce will also be looking at the issue of under 18s being detained in police custody as part of its Access and Prevention work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/12/2014 12:24:31 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon