Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) adults and (b) minors with learning disabilities or autism are held in secure medical facilities in England; and if he will publish a breakdown of those figures by the average length of residency in those types of facility among those groups.

At the end of March 2023, there were 895 adults with a learning disability and autistic people in a secure (low, medium and high secure) mental health inpatient setting. The average length of stay for adults for current hospital spell in a secure mental health inpatient setting in days was 1,275.

At the end of March 2023, there were 35 under-18-year-olds with a learning disability and autistic under-18-year-olds in a secure (low and medium secure) mental health inpatient setting. There were no under-18-year-olds in high secure units. The average length of stay for under-18-year-olds for current hospital spell in a secure mental health inpatient setting was 419 days.