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Mental Capacity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to increase the use of Deprivation of Liberty orders.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
22 Nov 2024
Target answer date
27 Nov 2024
Answer
2 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to increase the use of Deprivation of Liberty orders.

  2. 27 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Depriving a child of their liberty must always be a last resort in order to keep the child safe. A growing number of children in England and Wales, often with complex behavioural needs, are being deprived of their liberty through Deprivation of Liberty Or...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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