Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital beds in each hospital in England were being occupied by patients who were ready to be discharged but could not be released because a care package or support had not been put in place within the community on the most recent date for which figures are available.

In November 2016 there were 39,457 hospital bed days where discharge was delayed whilst patients were awaiting a care package in their own home, and 4,352 whilst patients were awaiting community equipment and adaptations. These delays are estimated nationally to have affected 1.2% and 0.1% of hospital beds respectively.