§ Mrs. GormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each health authority in Scotland the number of patients waiting for operations; and of those how many are waiting for the removal of tattoos.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe total number of patients waiting for hospital treatment at 30 September 1991 is shown in the table:
Health board In-patient treatment Day case treatment Argyll and Clyde 3,715 1,377 Ayrshire and Arran 4,686 819 Borders 571 182 Dumfries and Galloway 2,023 229 Fife 2,681 1,487 Forth Valley 2,190 723 Grampian 4,046 1,609 Greater Glasgow 16,777 4,835 Highland 2,223 693 Lanarkshire 4,199 1,357 Lothian 12,222 3,830 Orkney 14 9 Shetland 45 71 Tayside 6,020 2,470 Western Isles 138 52 Scotland 61,550 19,743 Information about the number of patients waiting for the removal of tattoos is not centrally available.