HC Deb 01 April 1998 vol 309 c571W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients aged 75 years and over were admitted into hospital for each quarter since April 1996(a) for each region and (b) in total. [37062]

Mr. Milburn

Information is not yet available from the hospital episode statistics (HES) in the form requested but should be available from July 1998. Provisional HES data for 1996–97 currently are not reliable because of significant shortfalls in coverage information which would affect any regional and England level figures.