To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people aged over 60 years have been admitted to hospital for one or more nights in each of the last three years at (a) Hillingdon, (b) Mount Vernon, (c) West Middlesex, (d) Ealing and (e) Northwick Park hospitals. [9183]

Because of the changes and amalgamations that have taken place in the trust during the period concerned, the information given is the best estimate the national health service executive has available. The most recent information held is as follows:

	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95
Hillingdon Hospital NHS trust	6,073	6,496	5,906
Mount Vernon and Watford Hospital NHS trust	6,352	5,963	12,632
West Middlesex University Hospital NHS trust	6,420	5,897	6,087
Ealing Hospital NHS trust	5,224	5,318	5,648
Northwick Park and St. Mark's NHS trust	6,370	5,875	6,368

The incorporation of Watford Trust into the Mount Vernon NHS Trust from 1994–95 explains the marked increase in cases recorded for the 1994–95 year.