Question follow-through · 11347
Mental Health Services: Police Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals to Liaison and Diversion services from police custody were received only after the person referred had been released from custody in each of the last two years for which data is
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals to Liaison and Diversion services from police custody were received only after the person referred had been released from custody in each of the last two years for which data is
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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29 Jun 2026
Answer published
The information requested is not held as NHS England does not capture this specific data on referrals. However, it expects this will happen on a regular basis as Liaison and Diversion teams are, on average, only present within police custody suites for 12...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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