HC Deb 14 October 2002 vol 390 c485W
Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many delayed discharges there were in(a) Derbyshire and (b) England in the last three months. [67434]

Jacqui Smith

Information from Quarter 4 of 2001–02 on the numbers of delayed discharges, at national and regional level shows that there were 38 delayed discharges in Derbysire, and 5,473 delayed discharges in England.