HC Deb 16 January 1989 vol 145 c38W
Mr. Lofthouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he has made in reducing hospital waiting lists in the Yorkshire region.

Mr. Freeman

The most recent figures show that, at March 1988, there were 49,000 patients on the in-patient waiting list in Yorkshire region. This is over 8 per cent. lower than at March 1979.