Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria will be used to determine which professionals can train to become an Approved Mental Capacity Professional; and whether those criteria will be made public.

Under the Liberty Protection Safeguards, the Approved Mental Capacity Professional criteria will be set out in regulations. Further detail on the role will also be outlined in the Statutory Code of Practice. The Government envisages professionals such as social workers, learning disability nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists and other suitable health and social care professionals could take on the role if they meet the criteria set out in regulations.