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

LabourSheffield 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 Kinnock
Processing 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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