HC Deb 13 February 2002 vol 380 c482W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many day admissions to hospitals there were in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [34074]

Mr. Hutton

[holding answer 7 February 2002]: The numbers of day case admissions to hospitals for each year from 1991–92 to 2000–01 (the last 10 years for which data are available) are outlined in the table.

Day case admissions for national health service hospitals in England
Day cases
1991–92 1,546,778
1992–93 1,784,091
1993–94 2,106,998
1994–95 2,490,893
1995–96 2,745,936
1996–97 2,891,685
1997–98 3,085,832
1998–99 3,420,795
1999–2000 3,592,574
2000–01 3,619,521