Question follow-through · 28017
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Restricted Patients Statistics, England and Wales 2025, published 30 April 2026, what the mean and median length of time is between a patient becoming subject to a hospital order with restri
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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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
8 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Restricted Patients Statistics, England and Wales 2025, published 30 April 2026, what the mean and median length of time is between a patient becoming subject to a hospital order with restri
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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11 Sept 2026
Answer published
For restricted patients conditionally discharged for the first time in 2025, it took a mean of 8 years and a median of 6 years from when they became subject to a hospital order with restrictions under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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