§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many were on the hospital waiting lists in Scotland (a) in May 1979 and (b) at the latest known date.
§ Mr. FairgrieveMy Department collects national waiting list data biannually at 31 March and 30 September. At 31 March 1979 there were 76,616 persons on the waiting list, and at 30 September 1980, the latest date for which information is available, the provisional figure was 67,394.
Deaths, suicide and self-inflicted injury, regions, Scotland, 1970–1979 Region 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Borders 11 8 10 11 1 12 Central 21 11 23 23 21 22 Dumfries & Galloway 21 5 13 10 13 17 Fife 27 27 20 22 26 35 Grampian not available prior to 1974 50 62 46 49 36 64 Highland 14 23 24 17 29 21 Lothian 62 61 72 52 74 72 Strathclyde 185 174 183 189 199 205 Tayside 40 46 33 40 32 43 Orkney 4 3 2 3 4 1 Shetland 1 4 1 4 2 2 Western Isles 1 3 3 2 2 — SCOTLAND 393 378 421 436 437 427 430 422 439 494