§ Dr. Evan Harris:To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of out-patient appointments and in-patient elective admissions are pre-booked; and what proportion were pre-booked at the start of 2000–01. [128907]
§ Mr. Hutton:Information on day case booking rates from March 2003 can be found at: http://www.doh.gov.uk/nhsplanbookingsystems/booking.htm
Information on out-patient and in-patient combined (day case plus ordinary in-patient admission) booking rates will be made available on the website in due course.