Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, in each of the last five years, how many patients waited in A&E for more than (1) 24 hours, (2) 48 hours, (3) 72 hours and (4) 96 hours from decision to admit to admission; and which month had the largest number of patients waiting in A&E more than 12 hours from decision to admit to admission.

The information requested regarding how many patients waited in accident and emergency for more than 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours, and 96 hours from decision to admit to admission is not available.

The number of patients waiting over 12 hours from the decision to admit is published as part of the monthly national timeseries. The following table shows the month in each of the last five financial years with the highest number of 12 hour waits from decision to admit to admission: