To ask His Majesty's Government how many people were detained under (1) section 37, (2) section 41, and (3) section 45A, of Part 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in the years (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (c) 2024 to date.
Answered on
21 November 2024
The following table shows the detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983, by legal status and across all providers, each year from 2021/22 to 2023/24:
Legal status | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
Section 37 with S41 restrictions | 45 | 43 | 46 |
Section 37 without S41 restrictions | 16 | 26 | 32 |
Section 45A | 5 | 3 | N/A |
Source: the Emergency Care Data Set and the Mental Health Data Set.
Answered by
Department of Health and Social Care