questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2026 to question 11966 entitled Mental Capacity, how many mental capacity assessments were (a) ordered by the Court of Protection to be carried out and (b) found to confirm a lack of capacity in each of the last three years.
answerText: The Court of Protection does not record how many mental capacity assessments are ordered by the court or how many assessments find that a person lacks capacity.The Court of Protection publishes statistics on applications and orders made under the Mental C...
heading: Mental Capacity: Medical Examinations