FOI Mental Health Crisis 999 Calls (0228-2022/23)
Request
- Number of 999 calls received for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, by year, from 2010 until now.
- The number of times police officers have used Section 136 powers under the Mental Health Act, by year, from 2010 until now.
- Please provide this data broken down by ethnicity (IC Code).
Response
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
As discussed we can ony provide some information within he cost threshold which is detailed below.
- The total number of people who contacted 999 where ‘mental health’ has been recorded as a qualifier from 01/01/2010 to 16/08/2022 broken down by year.
2010 4877
2011 4896
2012 5872
2013 6007
2014 7878
2015 13344
2016 14831
2017 14697
2018 19850
2019 25492
2020 30979
2021 28518
2022 14848
- The number of times police officers have used Section 136 powers under the Mental Health Act broken down by year from 01/01/2016 to 31/07/2022.
2016 364
2017 347
2018 368
2019 305
2020 246
2021 214
2022 193
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.