Changes address self-isolation rules and the impact of the local COVID alert level system on face-to-face visiting in England.
The Minister for Care, Helen Whately, has made a written statement to Parliament confirming that the new regime of Liberty Protection Safeguards, replacing DoLS, will now not come into force this October and implementation has been put back to April 2022.
The latest Family Court statistics update reveals that there were a record number of applications and orders made under the MCA between July and September. 9,407 applications and 12,216 orders were made, up 19% and 34% respectively, making it busiest quarter for such work since these statistics have been made available. 26% of the orders related to the appointment of a deputy for property and affairs.
Other key figures in the report are as follows:
The latest Family Courts Statistics Bulletin shows that DoLS related court business is still growing. Between April and June 2019 there were 1,372 applications relating to deprivation of liberty up 18% on the number made in the same quarter last year, while the number of DoLS orders made increased by 17% to 651.
The Bulletin also shows that 8,110 applications were made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA), up 9% on the equivalent quarter in 2018, 44% of which were applications for appointment of a property and affairs deputy. 11,814 orders were made under the MCA, 31% up on the same quarter in 2018. The authors of the Bulletin attribute this rise to a 72% increase in orders by an existing deputy or registered attorney. These account for 36% of all orders made under the MCA. In total there were 225,289 Powers of Attorney (POA) received in April to June 2019, up 12% on the same quarter for 2018 with LPAs accounting for 99% of them. The full Bulletin can be read on the MoJ website. |
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