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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Commons · Question 16208 · Tabled 26 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 4 Dec 2024

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Asked by Sarah Olney

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of uncompleted Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard applications per year since 2009.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 4 Dec 2024

The annual Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Assessments consist of data collected from local authorities in England, who are the supervisory bodies for authorising deprivations of liberty for adults in care homes and hospitals. The aim of this pub...