§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were discharged from hospital in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is not available in the form requested. Information for regional health authorities, district health authorities, special health authorities and national health service trusts, relating to discharges and deaths for the years 1984 to 1988–89, and for finished consultant episodes for the years 1988–89 to 1993–94, is published in "Ordinary and day case admissions for England" for the years 1992–93 and 1993–94, copies of which are available in the Library.