HC Deb 04 February 2002 vol 379 c759W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many NHS patients were subject to hospital downrating of benefits in the last three years; what were the average delays in days between(a) their discharge from hospital and (b) their formal claim for restoration of benefit, and the first payment of such benefits; and what was the average delay from (i) discharge and (ii) claim to restoration of benefit for those experiencing the top decile of such delays. [32463]

Mr. McCartney

The information is not available in the format requested.