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 29 November 2018 to Question 195551 on Restraint Techniques: Children and Young People, if he will provide an update on when his Department plans to publish its response to its consultation on reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention.

Department of Health and Social Care officials have been working with Department for Education officials to refine the draft guidance following the public consultation. This has included further engagement with key stakeholders.

We aim to publish the guidance in the spring.