HC Deb 25 January 2002 vol 378 c1119W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations have been cancelled in each quarter since 1997. [15062]

Mr. Hutton

Data are collected on the number of operations cancelled at the last minute. The latest published figures are for Quarter 1 2001–02. Copies of Quarterly authority statistics on cancelled operations by health for the years requested are available in the Library.