Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16208

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Tabled: 26 November 2024
Answered: 4 December 2024

Question

Sarah Olney

Liberal DemocratRichmond Park

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of uncompleted Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard applications per year since 2009.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The annual Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Assessments consist of data collected from local authorities in England, who are the supervisory bodies for authorising deprivations of liberty for adults in care homes and hospitals. The aim of this pub...

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