Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department provides clinical support to children living in secure accommodation following incidents in which they have been restrained; and what information his department holds on the process of recording those incidents.

NHS England and NHS Improvement commission healthcare services for children in the children and young people secure estate (CYPSE). Under the Healthcare Standards for the CYPSE, children should be seen by a healthcare professional as soon as possible after being restrained, to provide support and fully document any injuries sustained. Restrictive interventions are recorded on Mental Health Services Data Set for all children and young people mental health inpatient services, which is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/mental-health-data-hub/mental-health-services-monthly-statistics-restrictive-interventions

The Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 came into force on 1 April 2022, placing a requirement on inpatient mental health providers to record of any use of force on a patient by staff who work in that unit. This will inform the published end of year statistics.