§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2002 (ref 27681),Official Report, column 272W, what the figure would have been for (a) 1999 and (b) 2000 if the counting procedures had been corrected in those years. [32858]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 4 February 2002]: As a result of the changes in the counting procedures it would not be possible to calculate with any degree of accuracy the corrected number of out-patients waiting for treatment for 1999 and 2000.