Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter of 14 June 2023 from the Minister of State for Social Care to the Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, when he plans to publish a revised Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice.

Last year, the Government ran a public consultation on an updated Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, including the Liberty Protection Safeguards. Although the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards has been delayed beyond the life of this Parliament, the Department still intends to publish a summary of the consultation responses and work with the Ministry of Justice to make further revisions to the Code, to ensure all those who work with the Act and those who are affected by it have access to accurate practical guidance. The revised Code will be published as soon as practicable and the sector will be updated further in due course.