§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average length of stay in a maternity hospital in each district health authority.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe estimated average length of stay of a maternity delivery patient in England in the year 1989–90 was five days. Information on post-natal average length of stay at district health authority level is available in the health service indicator package, a copy of which is available in the Library.