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Written question asked by Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) on Monday, 7 December 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 December 2020 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 10 December 2020. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Thursday, 17 December 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) people with learning disabilities and/or autism and (b) other people were held in locked mental health rehabilitation facilities in England in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019 and (iii) 2020.

Answer

The latest information available on the number of inpatients in England with a learning disability or autistic people by ward type is set out in the following table.

Inpatient setting

March 2018

% of patients

March 2019

% of patients

March 2020

% of patients

Secure forensic

1,155

49%

1,085

48%

985

47%

Acute learning disability

375

16%

345

15%

315

15%

Acute generic mental illness

230

10%

285

13%

285

14%

Forensic rehabilitation

115

5%

105

5%

110

5%

Complex care/rehabilitation

315

13%

280

12%

245

12%

Other specialist

60

2%

50

2%

45

2%

Other

115

5%

105

5%

115

5%

Source: Assuring Transformation Data, NHS Digital.

The data excludes revisions made by providers after the data was initially collated and the data between years is therefore not directly comparable.

The information relating to the proportion of other people in locked mental health rehabilitation facilities in England is not available in the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
125967
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Autism Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Learning disability
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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