Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 41076

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Autism

Tabled: 25 March 2025

Answered: 2 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Neil Coyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with autism have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five years.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The following table shows the number of autistic people admitted to mental health inpatient care under the Mental Health Act 1983 within each year between 2020 and 2024, based on the Assuring Transformation data collection as of 28 February 2025:YearNumbe...

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