Dear Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust,

Please provide me with the following detail per month for the period of January 2012 to the most recent month this year for which you have the data, preferably in Excel-compatile format, and in electronic format in any case:

(1) The list of NHS s136 suites, as defined in the the Mental Health Act (MHA), per borough covered by the trust.

(2) The list of NHS A&E departments, per borough covered by the trust.

(3) The breakdown, per s136 suite, of the number of days the s136 has been opened that month.

(4) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, of the number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA brought to each of the trust's s136 suites and A&E departments.

(5) The number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and admitted to hospital in the boroughs covered by the trust, following an MHA assessment.

(6) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by type of vehicle the individuals detained under s136 of the MHA were conveyed to that place of safety (i.e., ambulance, police vehicle, or other)

(7) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by gender of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety.

(8) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by age range of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety.

(9) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by ethnicity of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety.

(10) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, of whether individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety were considered to be suffering from the effects of drink or drugs

(11) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, of whether individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety were restrained

Yours faithfully,

David Mery

Dear Barry Ray,

Many thanks for your very prompt response. The speediness of your response is especially appreciated as it is a very rare thing in dealing with other FoI departments.

In answers (4), (5), (7), (8) and (9) you do not specify the period for which these numbers were collated. Please note that my request was for 'the following detail per month for the period of January 2012 to the most recent month this year for which you have the data, preferably in Excel-compatile format, and in electronic format in any case' so if the data is available monthly I would very much appreciate to have such further breakdown.

Yours sincerely,

David Mery

Dear Barry Ray,

A great many thanks for the clarifications and additional data.

Please pass on my thanks to the 'relevant officer' as his/her promptness and helpfulness are to be commended.

It is refreshing to find an FoI team dealing with a request in such an efficient way.

Yours sincerely,

David Mery