§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons were on hospital waiting lists in Scotland in March in each of the last six years; and how many there were in the September of each of those years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is as follows:
Names on lists March September 1978 56,022 61,481 1979 76,616 70,970 1980 69,904 67,180 1981 67,679 65,024 1982 66,692 86,179 1983 96,757 88,213 1984 *84,790 *83,061 * Provisional.