Question follow-through · 26614
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are currently detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983, broken down by section.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients · 3 Sept 2026
- Sexual Offences: Medical Treatments · 4 Sept 2026
- Cannabis: Social Media · 9 Sept 2026
- Cannabis: Prescriptions · 9 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are currently detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983, broken down by section.
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2026
Answer published
NHS England publishes annual Mental Health Act Statistics, including the total number of people detained under the Mental Health Act on 31 March each year. The latest data is available at the link below, and new data for the year ending 31 March 2026 will...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 are held in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high secure hospitals as of the latest date for which figures are available.
Sexual Offences: Medical Treatments
4 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the custody of HM Prison and Probation Service are currently receiving medication to manage problematic sexual arousal (MMPSA).
Cannabis: Social Media
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department and the MHRA are taking to enforce restrictions on the advertising of cannabis-based products for medicinal use on social media.
Cannabis: Prescriptions
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she considers the volume of prescriptions issued for cannabis-based products for medicinal use to be consistent with patient safety.