Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Foreign Nationals

(asked on 30th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restricted patients currently detained in hospital are foreign nationals, broken down by nationality.


Answered by
Jake Richards Portrait
Jake Richards
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 4th November 2026

Restricted Patients statistics are published annually each April. The attached document sets out the number of foreign national restricted patients detained in hospital on 31 December 2025, categorised by nationality.

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