§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the district health authorities whose information-gathering ability has been responsible for the delay in his publishing the hospital waiting list figures for September 1987.
§ Mr. NewtonThe following district health authorities were unable to supply a complete set of September 1987 waiting list figures : 549W
Cambridge Brighton Norwich Dartford and Gravesham Huntingdon Maidstone Paddington and North Tunbridge Wells Kensington Camberwell North Derbyshire West Surrey and North East South Derbyshire Hampshire Leicestershire South West Surrey North Lincolnshire Mid Surrey South Lincolnshire Chichester Bassetlaw Mid Downs Central Nottinghamshire Kingston and Esher Nottingham Merton and Sutton Barnsley Portsmouth Doncaster Winchester Rotherham Bath Sheffield Hereford Swindon Kidderminster Oxfordshire Worcester Solihull North Staffordshire Preston South Warwickshire Oldham East Birmingham Hartlepool West Birmingham Riverside Sandwell Enfield Wandsworth In addition the September 1987 waiting list data supplied by the following district health authorities had large inconsistencies :
Darlington Rugby South West Durham Central Birmingham South Tyneside East Birmingham Sunderland South Birmingham East Yorkshire Coventry Leeds Eastern Blackpool Wyre and Fylde North Hertfordshire Bolton Haringey Chorley and South Ribble Redbridge Bury Worthing North Manchester East Dorset Central Manchester West Dorset South Manchester West Berkshire Salford Aylesbury Vale Tameside and Glossop North Devon Wigan Bromsgrove and Redditch
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services when he will be releasing the hospital waiting list figures for September 1987.
§ Mr. NewtonI hope to do so shortly.