HC Deb 25 November 1981 vol 13 cc413-4W
Mr. Carter Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what period of absence abroad on holiday

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

Low birthweight births by social class are not available. The perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates by social class for the latest available years are as follows:

Patients admitted from waiting lists to non-psychiatric hospitals for surgical treatment: 1978
Region of Residence Mean Waiting Time in Weeks
Northern 14.0
Yorkshire 14.8
Trent 17.3
East Anglian 15.8
North West Thames 13.5
North.East Thames 13.5
South East Thames 14.5
South West Thames 13.1
Wessex 17.3
Oxford 15.6
South Western 19.2
West Midlands 19.9
Mersey 15.8
North Western 18.4