Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33689
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 20 March 2025
Question
Abtisam Mohamed
Labour — Sheffield Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard applications are processed within 21 days.
Answer
Stephen KinnockProcessing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DoLS) applications is the responsibility of local authorities. There is considerable variation in how local authorities process and complete their DoLS applications with some areas successfully processing appli...
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