Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 March 2001. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 March 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department collects weekly figures on the numbers of bed blockers; if he will publish the figures; and how many bed blockers there were on (a) 1st March 2001, (b) 1st February 2001, (c) 1st January 2001, (d) 1st December 2000 and (e) 1st November 2000. - Inc fact that information not available for dates requested and ref to Quarterly Monitoring Returns in Library.

Answer: Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department collects weekly figures on the numbers of bed blockers; if he will publish the figures; and how many bed blockers there were on (a) 1 March 2001, (b) 1 February 2001, (c) 1 January 2001, (d) 1 December 2000 and (e) 1 November 2000. [153973] Mr. Denham: The information is not available for the dates requested. The information on bed blockers is available through Quarterly Monitoring Returns, which are available in the Library.

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