HC Deb 23 March 1994 vol 240 c299W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were not on waiting lists for treatment but waiting to see a specialist in the national health service for each quarter in the last two years.

Mr. Ancram

The number of people waiting for first out-patient appointment in Northern Ireland at the end of December 1993 was 79,813. This information is available only from the last quarter of 1993.