Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2023 to Question 188896 on Patients: Mental Capacity, when he plans to publish a response to his Department's consultation on Changes to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards.

The implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards has been delayed beyond the life of this Parliament. However, the Department is working with the Ministry of Justice on a response to the consultation on Changes to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards to summarise the feedback received, and to outline next steps for taking recommendations forward. This will be published as soon as practicable and the sector will be updated further in due course.