HC Deb 11 December 2002 vol 396 cc388-9W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health from where within the NHS budget the extra £100 million for social services budgets for tackling delayed discharge will come. [85231]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 4 December 2002]The funding will come from within the extra resources announced for the national health service as part of Spending Review 2002.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department will provide a breakdown on the other reasons for the national and regional summaries of delayed discharge as referred to in Annex A of the reasons and numbers of delayed discharges. [85708]

Jacqui Smith

All the available information on delayed discharges for June 2002 is available in the Library. There is no further breakdown of the "other" category.

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