Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 95808

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

Tabled: 1 December 2025

Answered: 15 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of current inpatient capacity and waiting times for secure mental health placements for individuals detained under the Mental Health Act in (a) England (b) G

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

Nationally, NHS England collates information from annual contracts to understand the commissioned and available capacity across all adult forensic services, including high, medium, and low secure. A change notification process is managed nationally to cap...

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