§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were on the waiting lists for inpatient treatment at the end of 1981 and 1982 in each district health authority within the West Midlands.
§ Mr. John PattenDistrict inpatient waiting list figures for the West Midlands regional health authority on 30 September 1981 and 30 September 1982 were given in my reply to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) on 8 November 1983.—[Vol. 48, c.61–65.] The increase in numbers over this period reflects the consequences of industrial action in the Health Service in 1982.