§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients receiving(a) hip replacements, (b) cataract extraction, (c) kidney transplants and (d) hernia operations carried out on the NHS in Great Britain and Northern Ireland had to wait for (i) more than six months, (ii) more than nine months, (iii) more than 12 months, (iv) more than 15 months and (v) more than 18 months in the most recent year for which figures are available. [38849]
§ Mr. HoramInformation for England is contained in "Hospital Episode Statistics, Volume 2", copies of which are available in the Library. The most recent year for which figures have been published is 1993–94. Questions relating to the rest of the United Kingdom are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.