FOI request (FOIR-758376717)

Section 21A Applications in the Court of Protection

Requested Mon 20 October 2025
Responded Tue 21 October 2025

Please provide the following information for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24:

1. The number of applications made under section 21A of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in which your local authority has been involved (as applicant, respondent, or other party).

2. The total legal costs incurred by the authority in relation to those s21A applications (including in-house and external representation).

3. If available, a breakdown of those costs by year and/or by internal versus external legal spend.

If the request would exceed the appropriate cost limit, please supply what you can within the limit, prioritising items (1) and (2).

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Response

Information not held.

This area is dealt with East Sussex County Council Adult Social Care, please visit their website for further information:

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk