Delayed Discharges (Hansard, 22 January 2002)

§ 17. Mr. Cousins
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to reduce unnecessary delays in discharges from hospital. [26376]

§ 19. John Cryer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made in reducing delayed discharges from hospital. [26378]

§ Jacqui Smith
On 8 January, we announced the allocation to councils of the £190 million Building Care Capacity Grant for 2002–03. £100 million was allocated nationally for the grant in 2001–02 and the first payment made in November 2001.
This additional funding has been used to deliver a significant national reduction in delayed discharges since September 2001.

§ Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were in hospital on 25 December 2001 as a result of delayed discharges. [27362]

§ Jacqui Smith
The information requested is not collected centrally on a daily basis.