FOI 520-2023 / May 2023 / Mental health
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 520-2023
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 19th May 2023 as follows:
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, regarding the use of police custody as a place of safety for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Q1. Per calendar year between 2018 and 2022, how many people were detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983? Alongside the total, please provide a breakdown by immigration status and age.
Q2. Per month, between January 2022 to April 2023, how many people were detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983? Alongside the total, please provide a breakdown by immigration status and age.
If the force does not collect data on the immigration status of people detained under the Mental Health Act, please conduct a keyword search across the Mental Health Act detention logs for the term “asylum”, “refugee”, and “irregular immigration” and share the number of times each word appears.
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Q1 response:
2018 – 2
Aged 18 to 40 – 1
Aged 41 to 60 – 1
2019 – 0
2020 – 1
Aged 41 to 60 – 1
2021 – 0
2022 – 0
None of the individuals had an immigration status as set out in the request.
Q2 response: No Information held
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB