Compulsory Treatment Order and Short-Term Detention Certificate statistics: FOI release

Information requested

How many persons under the age of 19-years-old have been given a Compulsory Treatment Order? Could you please provide this data for the past five calendar years until the date of this request.

How many persons under the age of 19-years-old have been given a Short-Term Detention Certificate? Could you please provide this data for the past five calendar years until the date of this request.

Response

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not hold the information you have requested. However, the Mental Welfare Commission which is an independent organisation, reports to Scottish Ministers and has a statutory duty to monitor the use of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. They do this by collating and analysing data compiled from the relevant paperwork provided to them by Health Boards and by publishing statistical reports. The MWC do publish data concerning detention rates and this can be accessed using the following link: Search | Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland (mwcscot.org.uk).

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