FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs:  West Mercia Police 11519 and Warwickshire Police 11520

I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 26^th March 2019.  Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:

Please send me:

1.         For 2018,

a.         How many people had a police cell designated as their place of safety under sec 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983

b.         How many people had a police cell designated as their place of safety under sec 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 for longer than 36 hours

c.         How many Under 18s had a police cell designated as their place of safety  under sec 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983

d.         The age of the youngest person to have a police cell designated as their place of safety under sec 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983

2.         Same or 2017

3.         Same For 2016

REPLY:

West Mercia Police 11519

2018

1 a. 0

1 b. 0

1 c. 0

1 d. N/A

2017

2 a. 9

2 b. 1

2 c. 1

2 d. 14

2016

3 a.  7

3 b.  0

3 c.   0

3 d.  18

Warwickshire Police 11520

2018

1 a. 0

1 b. 0

1 c. 0

1 d. N/A

2017

2 a. 3

2 b. 0

2 c. 0

2 d. 25

2016

3 a. 9

3 b. 0

3 c. 0

3 d. 25

2018 shows N/A for last question as we did not designate police cells as place of safety for anyone.