HC Deb 23 June 1994 vol 245 c295W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children received free school meals in each year since 1990; how the rules governing eligibility to free school meals have been amended over that period; and if he will make a statement.

Wait (in days) for First Attendance at Consultant Outpatient Clinic1 Wait (in days) for 'booked' Inpatient or Day Case Treatment5
Inpatients Day Cases
Area of Residence Mean Median2 Mean Median2 Mean Median2
Argyll and Clyde 84 78 92 53 73 49
Ayreshire and Arran 46 32 73 39 84 73
Borders 39 29 92 37 159 66
Dumfries and Galloway 59 50 49 38 41 34
Fife 57 51 92 35 82 47
Forth Valley 49 38 64 34 35 24
Grampian 73 54 44 36 36 30
Greater Glasgow 74 68 82 38 58 38
Highland 85 98 76 40 11 14
Lanarkshire 81 55 92 55 62 48
Lothian 47 42 134 50 131 61
Orkney 4 4 24 21 4 4
Shetland 29 29 11 6 4 4
Tayside 77 72 59 42 60 33
Western Isles 50 26 33 22 4 4
Scotland3 66 56 86 42 69 39
1Includes patients who did not attend their outpatient appointment.
2The number of days within which 50 per cent. of patients had waited for treatment.
3Includes patients resident outwith Scotland and cases where the patient's address was not recorded.
4In areas where there is no specialist in urology some patients requiring urological treatment may be treated within the specialty of general surgery.
5Provisional information.

All information relates to the three months ending 31 December 1993.