DoLS News and Statistics

The latest figures on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) have been released. They show that in the year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, the number of DoLS applications received by councils in England amounted to 380,715. This was an increase of 4.3% on the previous year (364,900). There was a small drop in the backlog and average time to complete an authorisation.

We would like to recognise and commend the very hard work (on a limited budget) that has gone into managing this volume of cases by DoLS teams, (DoLS leads, scrutiny, admin and signatories) BIAs and Mental Health Assessors.

The next year of data is expected to show a significant drop due to the AGNI case. All BIA (and other courses) have been fully updated with the AGNI judgment.

Our next BIA legal update dates are on 12 Nov | 4 Dec | 10 Dec | 8 Jan | 28 Jan

Click here to book your place(s) https://www.edgetraining.org.uk/bialegalupdate

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