§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish a table showing urgent cases on hospital in-patient waiting lists in each health authority in Wales and the number of cases waiting per 1,000 population for each year since 1979;
(2) if he will publish a table showing non-urgent cases on hospital in-patient waiting lists in each health authority in Wales and the number of cases waiting per 1,000 population for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe available information is given in the following table. Information for 1979 is not available in the form requested.
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Urgent cases Urgent cases per 1,000 population Non-urgent cases Non-urgent cases per 1,000 population 1983 Clwyd 346 0.9 4,331 11.0 East Dyfed 10 0.04 2,228 9.8 Pembrokeshire 156 1.4 1,369 12.6 Gwent 1,206 2.7 6,730 15.3 Gwynedd 31 0.1 1,620 7.0 Mid Glamorgan 685 1.3 9,247 17.2 Powys 4 0.04 108 1.0 South Glamorgan 1,319 3.4 5,273 13.5 West Glamorgan 461 1.3 3,890 10.6 1984 Clwyd 331 0.8 4,234 10.7 East Dyfed 7 0.03 2,080 9.2 Pembrokeshire 268 2.5 1,745 16.1 Gwent 963 2.2 6,666 15.2 Gwynedd 43 0.2 1,562 6.7 Mid Glamorgan 592 1.1 9,058 17.0 Powys — — 70 0.6 South Glamorgan 1912 2.3 16,039 15.3 West Glamorgan 557 1.5 3,134 8.6 1985 Clwyd 247 0.6 4,303 10.8 East Dyfed 24 0.1 2,202 9.7 Pembrokeshire 454 4.2 1,747 16.0 Gwent 974 2.2 7,048 16.0 Gwynedd 49 0.2 1,905 8.2 Mid Glamorgan 359 0.7 9,322 17.5 Powys 6 0.1 90 0.8 South Glamorgan 11,149 2.9 16,341 16.1 West Glamorgan 554 1.5 3,778 10.4 19862 Clwyd 187 0.5 4,502 11.3 East Dyfed 7 0.03 2,347 10.4 Pembrokeshire 324 3.0 2,106 19.3 Gwent 949 2.2 7,372 16.7 Gwynedd 61 0.3 1,921 8.2 Mid Glamorgan 332 0.6 8,629 16.2 Powys — — 59 0.5 South Glamorgan 1,087 2.8 6,533 16.5 West Glamorgan 661 1.8 4,350 11.9 1 In addition, there were 637 cases in 1984 and 660 cases in 1985 which could not be classified as either urgent or non-urgent. 2 Mid-1985 population estimates have been used.