Deprivation of liberty orders for under 18's

Request

Please could you provide the following information about deprivation of liberty orders?

 

1) How many deprivation of liberty orders for under 18s were applied for by the authority from 2020-2025? Please could this be broken down by year - with 2025 please provide figures from the start of the year to now?

 

2) How many deprivation of liberty orders for under 18s were granted to the authority from 2020-2025. Please could this be broken down by year - with 2025 please provide figures from the start of the year to now?

 

3) What was the longest deprivation of liberty order granted to the authority for an under 18 between 2020-2025?

 

4) What was the shortest deprivation of liberty order granted to the authority for an under 18 between 2020-2025?

 

5) What was the average length of deprivation of liberty orders granted to the authority for an under 18 between 2020-2025?

Decision

1.

 

   

Applications issued per year

01/01/2020

31/12/2020

0

01/01/2021

31/12/2021

7

01/01/2022

31/12/2022

4

01/01/2023

31/12/2023

12

01/01/2024

31/12/2024

27

01/01/2025

31/12/2025

11

 

 

2.

 

   

Orders granted per year

01/01/2020

31/12/2020

0

01/01/2021

31/12/2021

2

01/01/2022

31/12/2022

3

01/01/2023

31/12/2023

4

01/01/2024

31/12/2024

6

01/01/2025

31/12/2025

8

 

 

3. A year, this is the maximum duration of the order.

 

4-5.

 

Longest Order made

12

 

Shortest Order made

3

 

average duration

8.96

months

Reference number
12726522
Date request received
12 June 2025
Date of decision
18 July 2025