§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services why a letter sent to his Department on 22 September 1983 by the hon. Member for Bootle on behalf of one of his constituents was not dealt with until 25 January, when it was passed on to the Department of Education and Science for answer, Department of Health and Social Security reference No. PO(5)4054/6.
§ Mr. John PattenI have written to the hon. Member today.
In-patient waiting list at 31 December (all specialties) Regional Health Authorities* 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974* 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982* Northern 27,209 26,021 25,856 26,501 29,178 35,903 34,514 34,058 39,983 39,566 36,118 34,804 51,608 Yorkshire 23,148 22,586 23,132 26,464 31,468 36,736 38,392 36,102 44,181 43,371 40,876 38,598 55,347 Trent 52,493 48,725 49,652 50,181 44,717 49,049 51,213 52,486 63,041 65,427 58,468 56,786 75,104 East Anglian 15,670 15,058 16,393 19,330 19,390 22,947 23,460 22,720 27,486 28,850 26,854 23,215 34,583 NW Thames 55,312 52,194 49,234 48,184 37,939 44,939 45,196 43,005 47,608 44,606 43,768 42,453 42,513 NE Thames 30,006 30,911 29,692 31,907 37,622 43,746 42,788 44,434 51,668 53,396 49,945 51,529 60,079 SE Thames 39,744 35,170 34,093 37,649 39,286 45,548 47,104 47,332 51,746 50,186 46,762 45,922 52,501 SW Thames 32,281 28,668 26,540 29,750 25,767 30,002 32,215 31,174 37,747 39,508 35,326 34,270 38,172 Wessex 21,531 18,193 20,827 25,054 29,148 31,938 33,557 33,173 37,665 39,140 39,582 41,147 46,546 Oxford 24,988 23,602 22,247 22,421 28,913 29,693 33,099 32,043 37,409 34,331 33,626 32,224 36,387 South Western 51,107 45,334 41,453 45,161 40,842 43,340 46,508 46,562 48,637 47,131 42,954 44,733 49,297 West Midlands 61,145 60,744 56,660 58,813 60,766 68,417 73,890 75,826 83,435 86,490 80,637 78,944 88,241 Mersey 22,489 21,424 20,157 21,457 24,813 30,271 29,656 29,526 38,110 38,013 33,801 32,939 38,957 North Western 68,803 65,101 63,263 65,745 60,236 68,503 67,930 65,639 66,069 70,192 62,997 59,752 68,767