§ Mr. ÖpikTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate for each local authority social service department in Wales the cost of funding the discharge from hospital of patients of pensionable age who are currently medically fit to be discharged but are in need of respite care; and if he will make a statement. [88172]
Mr. Jon Owen JonesThe cost of discharging patients to other forms of care would depend on the nature of the care required and for how long it was required. Such details of the care packages of individual patients are not collected centrally.
Following the transfer of functions, this issue has been devolved to the National Assembly for Wales.