HC Deb 29 February 2000 vol 345 c222W
34. Mr. Michael J. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the number of cataract operations carried out in the NHS in 1998–99. [110889]

Mr. Denham

According to provisional data for 1998–99, the number of cataract operations carried out in National Health Service hospitals in England was 201,682.