Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the of the £750 million pledged to speed up hospital discharges in winter 2022-23 was spent before 31 March 2023; and where the unspent funds have been reallocated to.

The £500 million discharge fund was made available in two tranches with the first in December 2022 and the second at the end of January 2023. All areas have submitted a final report. We are reviewing the data and analysis of spending will be included in the evaluation. Local areas spending plans have been published at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-social-care-discharge-fund-spending-plans

The evaluation will also consider the use of the £200 million funding through NHS England for step-down beds. The full £50 million capital funding announced in January 2023 has been allocated to National Health Service organisations, who will report on the spend in their annual accounts, after the year end audits are completed.