Section 136 detentions
Freedom of Information Act request number: 2022-047
Version date: 11/02/2022
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information:
1. For each month between and including March 2019 and December 2021, please provide the number of detentions of children (under 18) detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983
61 – See 3a for monthly breakdown
2. The total number of individual children detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act during the following periods:
28/02/2019 to 29/02/2020 = 23
01/03/2020 to 01/03/2021 = 28
3. In reference to question (1), for each detention can you provide:
The month and year of the detention (MM/YYYY)
|
Month |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Jan |
|
3 |
1 |
|
Feb |
|
5 |
0 |
|
Mar |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Apr |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
May |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Jun |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Jul |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
Aug |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Sep |
3 |
4 |
3 |
|
Oct |
2 |
7 |
0 |
|
Nov |
3 |
5 |
0 |
|
Dec |
3 |
2 |
0 |
|
Total |
15 |
33 |
13 |
4. Did the detention take place outside ‘working hours’ (weekends and 5pm-9am weekdays)?
The table below is based on reported time
|
Detention |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Week Days (9am – 5pm) |
3 |
10 |
5 |
|
Week Days (5pm to 9am) |
6 |
12 |
2 |
|
Weekends (Sat and Sun) |
6 |
11 |
6 |
|
Total |
15 |
33 |
13 |
5. The age of the child (broken down into the following bands to avoid potential identification):
0-5
5-11
12-15
16-17
|
Age |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
0 – 5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 – 11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
12 – 15 |
12 |
21 |
13 |
|
16 – 17 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
|
Total |
15 |
33 |
13 |
6. The gender of the child
|
Gender |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Female |
11 |
27 |
7 |
|
Male |
4 |
6 |
6 |
|
Total |
15 |
33 |
13 |
7. The reason for detention (suicidality, self-harm, etc.)
|
Reason for detention |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Detained person custody MH assessment |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Mental Health Crisis |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Overdose |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Self-harm |
4 |
7 |
1 |
|
Suicidal |
9 |
24 |
11 |
|
Total |
15 |
33 |
13 |
8. Was it a detention of a child looked after by a local authority? (if known)
We cannot answer whether they were a looked after child or not, that information is not readily available.
9. Where did the detention take place:
- Accident and emergency department
- A paediatric ward
- A “place of safety” at a mental health trust
- Other
|
First Place of Safety |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Health based place of safety |
10 |
24 |
11 |
|
Accident and emergency |
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
Other |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
Not recorded |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
Total |
15 |
33 |
13 |
10. For how long was the person detained by a police officer?
We haven’t been able to extract the length of time the child was detained by an officer for