Trust HQ
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW
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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 11/02/2022
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 007-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
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 Calendar Year Number of Detentions
2019 33
2020 35
2021 31
2. The total number of individual children detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act during the following periods:
a. 28/02/2019 to 29/02/2020
b. 01/03/2020 to 01/03/2021 A equals 27
B equals 21
3. In reference to question 1., for each detention can you provide:
a. The month and year of the detention MM/YYYY.
b. The age of the child broken down into the following bands to avoid potential identification.:
i. 0-5
ii. 5-11
iii. 12-15
iv. 16-17
c. The gender of the child
d. The reason for detention
e. Was it a detention of a child looked after by a local authority?
f. Where did the detention take place:
i. Accident and emergency department
ii. A paediatric ward
iii. A “place of safety” at a mental health trust
iv. Other
g. How long was the person detained?
Please see attached separate PDF document. Please note we have not responded exactly in the format requested and have summarised the information due to the small numbers that would be in a detailed response and may lead to identification of persons involved.
Should you have any queries in relation to our response in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:-
– Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER GL3 4AW
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Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Sent: 13 January 2022 16:26
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Children detained under Mental Health Act - England
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Good afternoon,
I am emailing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am requesting:
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
2. The total number of individual children detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act during the following periods:
a. 28/02/2019 to 29/02/2020
b. 01/03/2020 to 01/03/2021
3. In reference to question 1., for each detention can you provide:
a. The month and year of the detention MM/YYYY.
b. The age of the child broken down into the following bands to avoid potential identification.:
i. 0-5
ii. 5-11
iii. 12-15
iv. 16-17
c. The gender of the child
d. The reason for detention
e. Was it a detention of a child looked after by a local authority?
f. Where did the detention take place:
i. Accident and emergency department
ii. A paediatric ward
iii. A “place of safety” at a mental health trust
iv. Other
g. How long was the person detained?
4. How many “places of safety” as required under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. are there within the trust’s area of responsibility and what is the capacity of each?
I would like to receive the information electronically in a spreadsheet, with the questions as column headers.
If the decision is made to withhold some of this information using exemptions in the Act, please inform me of that fact and cite the exemptions used.
If you need clarification please contact me at this email address. Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way before the 20th working day.
I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.