§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of patients on the in-patient waiting lists by health board areas on 30 April 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StewartWaiting times and waiting lists information is collected on a quarterly basis as at 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December. A year-on-year comparison at 31 March by health board area may be found at table 1 of the March 1992 edition of the "NHS Patient Treatment and Waiting Time Bulletin," copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.