Alistair Burt corrected a written answer on Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Children
Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat, North Norfolk) asked written question 25024 on 1 February 2016. Alistair Burt answered on 8 February 2016 for the Department of Health, and Alistair Burt corrected the answer on 12 February 2016. The same corrected answer was given to question 25025. The figure 255 in the original became 145 in the correction, lower by 110. Altogether 9 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people aged 17 or under of each age were sectioned under the Mental Health Act in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Original and corrected answer
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| The National Police Chiefs Council has reported figures on the number of children held in police custody as a place of safety under section 136 of the Mental Health Act for only three years. These were as follows: 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Data on children and young people sectioned under other sections of the Mental Health Act are not available centrally. | The National Police Chiefs Council has reported figures on the number of children held in police custody as a place of safety under section 136 of the Mental Health Act for only three years. These were as follows: 2012-13 256 ; 2013-14 161 ; and 2014-15 145 . Data on children and young people sectioned under other sections of the Mental Health Act are not available centrally. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/449397?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | 67338bb2513003189f547d93871518b4428158e3997dee7450a102a71fb79700 |