Mental Health Services: Police Custody
Commons · Question 11347 · Tabled 18 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Calum Miller
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
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 29 Jun 2026
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...