HC Deb 03 February 1988 vol 126 c655W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services by how much National Health Service waiting lists have changed in percentage terms between 1979 and the latest available year in(a) the Mersey regional health authority and (b) England.

Mr. Newton

The information requested is given in the table.

Number of cases on in-patient waiting list at 31 March
1979 1987 Percentage change 1979–87
Mersey Region 41,103 29,147 -29.1
England 752,422 687,945 -8.6

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