HC Deb 06 April 1987 vol 114 c102W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish in the Official Report a table giving the number of people on the in-patient waiting list in September 1986 as a percentage of the number of acute in-patient deaths-discharges in the latest year for which figures are available for each district health authority, also giving each district health authority's national ranking by this criterion;

(2) if he will publish in the Official Report a table giving for each district health authority the percentage rise or fall in the hospital waiting lists between September 1982 and September 1986, also giving each district health authority's national ranking by this criterion;

(3) if he will publish in the Official Report a table giving for each district health authority the percentage rise or fall in the hospital waiting lists between September 1985 and September 1986, also giving each district health authority's national ranking by this criterion.

Mr. Newton

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.