Publication, Part of Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures
Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures, 2022-23
Official statistics, National statistics, Accredited official statistics
Correction to Table 1a
An issue has been identified and fixed with Table 1a of the Excel Data Tables. This issue had meant that Independent Sector Provider data for 2020-21 had duplicated with data for 2021-22. This meant that previously column AF in Table 1a was incorrect. An update has now been made and the tables reissued. NHS England apologises for any inconvenience caused.
29 January 2024 14:15 PM
Correction for Surrey and Sussex ICB populations , Table 8b and Length of Detention CSV file
Three corrections have been made to this publication:
1) The population figures for two Sub ICBs were incorrect. The two incorrect areas were NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS ICB - 92A and NHS SUSSEX ICB - 70F. Data for 70F previously had no population recorded whilst the data for 92A had been over reported. The associated rates for these Sub ICBs and ICBs have fixed and republished.
2) An issue was uncovered where the African and Caribbean ethnicities had been mixed up in Table 8b of the Excel file. This file has been fixed and replaced. The underlying data in the CSV was correct.
3) An issue with 'Length of Detention' CSV file uncovered where some of the England level data for section 'MHA and CTO' were suppressed. This file has been fixed and replaced.
12 September 2024 09:30 AM
People subjected to repeated detention
Number and proportion of people subjected to repeated detention
The MHSDS data can be analysed to show how many times a person was detained during a given period.
Our analysis shows that in 2022-23, 82.6 per cent of detained people were detained once. A further 14.0 per cent of people were detained more than once during this period. Only 3.4 per cent of people were detained more than twice during 2022-23. These results are similar to last year.
People subject to repeated detention by demographic group
Although the overall detention rate was lower for females than for males, a greater proportion of detained females than males were detained more than once in 2022-23 (18.5 per cent compared to 16.2 per cent). Some people categorised as other genders were detained more than once in 2022-23 more in terms of percentage than both males and females. With 38.4% of the Other (not listed) group being detained more than once. Percentages for Non-binary, Other (not listed) and Indeterminate may be affected by small numbers.
Amongst age groups, the 18 to 34 group had both the highest rate of detention and the highest rate of detained people subject to repeated detention.
In 2022-23, 20.5 per cent of detained people aged 18 to 34 were detained more than once. Adult rates decline with age, for these broad age groups.
Amongst broad ethnic groups, 20.0 per cent of Black or Black British detainees were detained more than once. This group had the highest percentage of people detained more than once followed by the Mixed ethnicity group (19.1 per cent).
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