HC Deb 20 January 1997 vol 288 c491W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS from the blocking of acute beds by patients awaiting assessments or care arrangements from social services. [11195]

Mr. Burns

Information on costs is not collected centrally. An extra £16 million has been allocated to 69 health authorities for continuing care in 1996–97.