HC Deb 10 November 1998 vol 319 cc174-5W
33. Mr. Hammond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people awaiting out-patient consultations on(a) 1 May 1997 and (b) 1 May 1998. [57383]

Mr. Milburn

Information is not collected centrally in the form requested. Available data on outpatient appointments are collected and published quarterly in a statistical bulletin. Copies are available in the Library.