§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many times Ministers in her Department have met their counterparts in the US Government since 1 June 1998; and if she will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the name of the US counterpart at each meeting. [77120]
§ Clare ShortI have no counterpart in the US Government. I have met Brian Atwood—head of USAID on a large number of occasions.
Number of patients seen for first outpatient appointment, by time band, following written referral by a GP quarter ended 31 December 1998 Number seen who had waited: Health Authority 0 to less than 4 weeks 4 to less than 26 weeks 26 weeks and over Bradford 6,765 9,350 792 Calderdale and Kirklees 8,998 11,709 1,227 Durham 8,936 14,465 1,071 East Riding 8,506 11,170 569 Gateshead and South Tyneside 6,226 8,822 366 Leeds 8,265 15,751 1,417 Newcastle and North Tyneside 8,834 11,009 787 North Cumbria 4,745 7,861 436 North Yorkshire 9,719 15,552 1,134 Northumberland 4,818 7,635 478 Sunderland 3,068 7,916 260 Tees 8,484 13,881 1,547 Wakefield 5,152 6,732 283 Northern and Yorkshire Region total 92,516 141,853 10,367 Barnsley 3,292 5,352 620 Doncaster 3,984 5,591 752 Leicestershire 11,244 19,599 1,824 Lincolnshire 10,241 13,588 1,467 North Derbyshire 5,385 7,558 216 North Nottinghamshire 6,028 7,399 751 Nottingham 6,547 8,928 1,962 Rotherham 3,458 6,035 346 Sheffield 8,292 10,630 1,385 South Derbyshire 8,108 12,048 922 South Humber 5,186 5,553 327 Trent Region total 71,765 102,281 10,572 Bedfordshire 6,743 12,527 1,354 Berkshire 14,647 21,710 1,022 Buckinghamshire 7,652 14,605 1,296 Cambridge and Huntingdon 5,433 10,622 1,364 East Norfolk 9,349 15,569 1,007 North West Anglia 5,628 9,139 1,181 Northamptonshire 6,171 13,681 1,689 Oxfordshire 11,728 13,162 862 Suffolk 7,659 15,798 1,362 Anglia and Oxford Region total 75,010 126,813 11,137 Barking and Havering 4,407 8,590 716 Barnet 3,717 6,156 422 Brent and Harrow 4,937 9,986 555 Camden and Islington 6,941 9,277 703 East and North Hertfordshire 5,523 11,104 442 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 10,166 15,822 639 East London and City 7,930 13,865 1,918 Enfield and Haringey 5,938 11,180 1,119 Hillingdon 2,154 4,546 293