§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health(a) how many appeals were lodged against decisions under continuing care criteria, (b) how many appeals resulted in the NHS assuming funding responsibility in full and (c) what the mean and median number of weeks was an appellant waited from the date the appeal was lodged to the appeal decision for each (i) NHS region and (ii) health authority, in (A) 1998–99, (B) 1999–2000 and (C) 2000–01. [7411]
§ Jacqui SmithThe information requested is not available centrally.