Waiting Lists (Yorkshire)

HC Deb 28 January 1988 vol 126 cc392-3W

Mr. Lofthouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide a table of waiting lists in the Yorkshire regional health authority area for each year since 1979.

Mrs. Currie

[holding answer 19 January 1988]: The requested information is given in the table.

Patients on in-patient waiting in Yorkshire region
Month and year	Total cases
March 1979	53,540
September 1979	47,223
March 1980	42,490
September 1980	40,982
March 1981	41,101
September 1981	37,701
March 1982	37,764
September 1982	53,033
March 1983	53,236
September 1983	49,363
March 1984	48,387
September 1984	47,026
March 1985	47,211
September 1985	45,763
March 1986	45,440
September 1986	46,597
March 1987	47,643