§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the number of patients on the in-patient waiting list by health authority and trust in England on 31 March 1990, 1991 and 1992; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information requested is given in "Hospital Waiting List, In-patients and Day Cases" published twice a year—information on trusts was first published for September 1991—copies of which are available in the Library. Provisional waiting time figures published recently show that in the 12 months to 31 December 1992 the number of people waiting over a year for in-patient treatment fell by over 51,000 to the lowest figure ever recorded.