§ Mr. PollardTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the numbers of registered maternities to women resident in(a) St. Albans, (b) Dacorum, (c) Watford, (d) Hertsmere and (e) Three Rivers local authority districts which took place in (i) Hemel Hempstead General Hospital, (ii) St. Albans City Hospital, (iii) Watford General Hospital, (iv) Mount Vernon Hospital, (v) Barnet 930W General Hospital, (vi) Chase Farm Hospital, (vii) Northwick Park Hospital, (viii) Luton and Dunstable Hospital, (ix) Stoke Mandeville Hospital, (x) Wycombe General Hospital, (xi) other NHS hospitals, (xii) RAF Halton Hospital, (xiii) other non-NHS hospitals, (xiv) at home and (xv) elsewhere for each of the last five years for which data are available. [55315]
§ Ms HewittThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Fox to Mr. Kerry Pollard, dated 19 October 1998:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on numbers of registered maternities. I am replying in his absence.The information requested would only be available at a disproportionate cost.