Mental Health Act - 1203/18

Date Responded 18 December 2018

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

How many times did your officers detain someone using their powers under section 136 of the Mental Health Act between the date of 1/11/17 to 1/11/18 and where was the person detained?
How many times did your officers detain someone using their powers under section 136 of the Mental Health Act between the date of 1/11/16 to 1/11/17 and where was the person detained?
How many times did your officers detain someone using their powers under section 136 of the Mental Health Act between the date of 1/11/15 to 1/11/16 and where was the person detained?

In Response:

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

Date Period	Health based place of safety	Police Station	Private home
01/11/2015 - 31/10/2016	145	3	0
01/11/2016 - 31/10/2017	164	0	0
01/11/2017 - 31/10/2018	176	0	1

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

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