§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what considerations underlie the publication of the total number of finished consultant episodes in national health service hospitals in 1992–93 and not of the number of private patient finished consultant episodes.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation on private patients treated in national health service hospitals is not collected separately via aggregate central returns, but is obtainable from "Hospital Episode Statistics". These data are not yet available for 1992–93. Information on patients in private hospitals is not collected by the Department.