Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mental health incidents were attended by police officers in each year since 2010.

The Home Office does not hold the information requested.

Information on the police use of section 135 and section 136 powers under the Mental Health Act (1983) is collected and published as part of the Home Office’s ‘Police Powers and Procedures: Other PACE powers’ annual statistical bulletin.

These data cover the use of powers to remove people from a public or private space to a place of safety if a person appears to be suffering from a mental disorder and needs immediate care or control. However, the use of these powers does not cover all mental health incidents.