Mental Capacity: Medical Examinations
Commons · Question 14095 · Tabled 29 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Chris Coghlan
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2026 to question 11966 entitled Mental Capacity, how many mental capacity assessments were (a) ordered by the Court of Protection to be carried out and (b) found to confirm a lac
Answer
Answered by Catherine Atkinson, 2 Jul 2026
The Court of Protection does not record how many mental capacity assessments are ordered by the court or how many assessments find that a person lacks capacity.The Court of Protection publishes statistics on applications and orders made under the Mental C...