Lord Beecham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Beecham on 2016-10-10.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the number of Deprivation of Liberty orders sought by care home owners and the proportion which are rejected, whether they are considering taking steps to improve the system; and if so, when they will publish details of those planned steps.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The Department has commissioned the Law Commission to carry out a review of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The review is expected to be published at the end of the year.

The Department will consider what steps may be necessary to improve the system in light of the review.