§ Mr. LilleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish figures showing the index for patients who waited less than two hours for emergency admission in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99 for (i) England, (ii) East and North Hertfordshire, (iii) West Hertfordshire and (iv) the health authority in the prospering growth area with the (1) lowest figure and (2) highest figure. [109747]
§ Ms StuartThe 1998–99 figures showing the index for patients who waited less than two hours for emergency admissions were published in "Quality and Performance in the NHS: High Level Performance Indicators" in June 1999, copies of which are available in the Library. 1998–99 was the first year for which information on emergency admissions was published using this format.