§ Mr. BurdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will detail, by region, for each of the last five financial years,(a) the number of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the private sector, (b) the number of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the 220W private sector as a percentage of total national health service operations, (c) the number of national health service patients treated in the private sector and (d) the number of national health service patients treated in the private sector as a percentage of total national health service patients treated;
(2) if she will detail, by region, for each of the last five financial years, (a) the cost of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the private sector, (b) the cost of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the private sector as a percentage of the total cost of national health service operations, (c) the average cost per patient of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the private sector and (d) the average cost per patient of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the state sector;
(3) if she will detail by region over each of the last five financial years (a) the average length of stay for national health service patients by clinical specialisation treated in the private sector and (b) the average length of stay for national health service patients treated, by clinical specialisation, in the state sector.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation on the average length of stay by specialty in national health service hospitals in England is published in "Hospital Episode Statistics, Volume 1", copies of which are available in the Library. The latest published information is for 1991–92. The other information requested is not available centrally.