Hospital Waiting Lists

HC Deb 26 March 1987 vol 113 cc249-50W

Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the hospital waiting list figures for (a) Fife and (b) Scotland for the latest date for which figures are available, and for each year since May 1979.

Mr. John MacKay

The information requested. which relates to 30 September, follows:

	Fife	Scotland
1979	4,617	71,247
1980	4,245	67,387
1981	3,974	65,228
1982	6,857	86,365
1983	6,477	88,338
1984	6,127	83,077
1985	5,816	77,677
11986	5,468	80,862
1 Provisional.

The increases in 1982 and 1983 reflect the effect of industrial action.