§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list the number of acute and non-acute beds closed in each hospital of each area health authority in the last six months; what was the length of the closures in each case; and what were the main reasons for each closure;
(2) if he will publish a list of specialist hospital departments by type closed by each hospital for each area health authority in the United Kingdom in the last six months; and what were the reasons for such closures.
§ Dr. OwenThe information is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate time and cost.