United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 7956
Prisons: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
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5 January 2024
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15 January 2024 · Answer
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15 January 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were in prison as a place of safety as of 5 January 2024.
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5 January 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were in prison as a place of safety as of 5 January 2024.
Source: Commons
15 January 2024
Answer
Prison should never be used as a place of safety for those awaiting assessment or treatment under the Mental Health Act, and the government remains committed to ending the use of this power. There is currently no reliable source of data to determine the n...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-05/7956
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1679640
- uk · wq-1679640 · source updated 15 January 2024