Young People: Mental Capacity
Commons · Question 88143 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of criteria for (a) parental and (b) professional involvement in decision-making for young people who lack the capacity to make the appropriate decisions
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 17 Nov 2025
People over the age of 18 years old come under the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, which has the statutory principle that an individual must be assumed to have capacity unless it is established otherwise. All practicable steps must be taken to help any in...