Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have waited more than (a) 26 and (b) 40 weeks for an initial paediatric referral triage in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.

We do not hold data on how many children have waited more than 26 and 40 weeks for an initial paediatric referral triage in the most recent 12-month period.

Published referral to treatment data covers the period on waiting time from referral to first definitive treatment.