Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished hospital admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease there were in each year since 2009-10.

The attached table gives a count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for years 2009-10 to 2013-14.

Data on delayed transfer of care is not available in the format requested.