# Current MOJ policy on residence conditions and addresses

**URL:** <https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/current-moj-policy-on-residence-conditions-and-addresses/2027>\
**Category:** Mental Health Act\
**Tags:** conditional-discharge\
**Created:** [27 November 2023 09:25 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/current-moj-policy-on-residence-conditions-and-addresses/2027 "2023-11-27T09:25:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/user_avatar/forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/jonathan/32/88_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Jonathan)\
**Post date:** [27 November 2023 09:25 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/current-moj-policy-on-residence-conditions-and-addresses/2027/1 "2023-11-27T09:25:11Z")

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A few years ago the Ministry of Justice lost track of a patient, then published a new policy that all conditionally discharged patients were to have a residence condition containing an address, and that the MOJ would add one if the tribunal had not (see [Colin Harnett, ‘Changing discharge conditions - residence’ (Dear Colleague letter from Head of Mental Health Casework Section, 17/12/15)](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Colin_Harnett,_%27Changing_discharge_conditions_-_residence%27_(Dear_Colleague_letter_from_Head_of_Mental_Health_Casework_Section,_17/12/15))).

Is that policy still in force, or do they have a different way of keeping track of patients now? We had a case at work recently where the tribunal removed an existing residence condition, and the same thing happened in [DA v Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust [2021] UKUT 101 (AAC)](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/DA_v_Central_and_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust_(2021)_UKUT_101_(AAC)).