| Heading: |
Mental Capacity |
| Question ID: |
1812714 |
| UIN: |
59922 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5198 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Chris Coghlan
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Chris Coghlan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has considered the merits of expanding the functions of the Public Guardian to include responsibility for appropriate discharge of mental capacity assessments. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5204 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answer text: |
The Ministry of Justice has responsibility for the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, which provides a framework for making decisions on behalf of adults who are unable to do so for themselves. The statutory Code of Practice issued under the Act provides gui... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |