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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...