§ Mr. GapesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the waiting list for hip replacement operations in the North East Thames region and each of its component district health authority areas for(a) up to six months, (b) six months to one year, (c) one year to 18 months, 228W (d) 18 months to two years and (e) more than two years on 1 April 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and the latest figures available.
§ Mr. SackvilleWaiting time information is collected centrally by specialty not by procedure. Waiting times for trauma and orthopaedics, which includes hip replacements, are published in the six-monthly publication "Hospital In-patient Waiting Lists", copies of which are available in the Library.