HC Deb 19 December 2001 vol 377 c441W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the cost to public funds of the fraudulent use of birth certificates in each of the last four years. [17323]

South Cheshire health authority out-patient waiting times
Waiting times 19981 19991 20001 20011 20022
13–25 weeks 3,309 3,874 3,316 2,632 4,437
26+ weeks 351 2,056 1,147 1,007 1,470
Total 13+ weeks waiters 3,660 5,930 4,463 3,639 5,907
Full year GP referrals 108,802 112,308 114,966 119,443 62,289
Percentage year on year increase 3.2 2.4 3.9 4.3
1 As at March each year
2 As at September—only five months' data

Source:

Based on FOT of 124578