§ Baroness Cumberlegeasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the number of general and acute day cases for each year since 1970.
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonThe information is shown in the following table.
Table: number of general and acute day cases in NHS hospitals (000's) Year England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Yearly Total 1970 — — — — 0 1971 — — — — 0 1972 — — 8 — 8 1973 — — 13 — 13 1974 417 — 18 — 435 1975 391 — 16 — 407 1976 460 55 19 — 534 1977 517 66 23 — 606 1978 543 72 27 — 642 1979 570 77 31 — 678 1980 649 84 35 — 768 1981 690 92 36 10 828 1982 685 89 34 — 808 1983 787 92 36 12 927 1984 872 115 36 14 1,037 1985 938 118 49 16 1,121 1986 1,020 131 67 21 1,239 1987–88 861 135 76 27 1,099 1988–89 1,005 139 83 43 1,270 1989–90 1,152 148 84 44 1,428 1990–91 1,251 155 98 48 1,552 1991–92 1,535 171 130 58 1,894 1992–93 1,785 178 160 66 2,189 1993–94 2,080 210 198 76 2,564 1994–95 2,439 253 235 90 3,017 1995–96 2,813 292 256 95 3,456 Notes:
England:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1987–88.
Figures for 1987–88 were compiled from the KP70 return. As this was the first data collection of the new return, there may have been a degree of undercounting.
Scotland:
157WAWales:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1983–84.
Figures for 1970 and 1971 are not available.
Northern Ireland:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1988–89.
Complete information is not available for 1982 due to an industrial dispute.
Information before 1981, if available, can only be provided at disproportionate cost.