§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the number of school leavers from schools in Wales who entered a course of higher education (a) at a university, (b) at a polytechnic and (c) at other maintained institutions in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively, using estimates where actuals are not available.
§ Mr. Michael Roberts:The information available is shown in the following table :
Pay Beds in Welsh NHS Hospitals Year Number of pay beds at 1 January Average daily number of private patients occupying pay beds 1979 39 13.96 1980 36 21.21 1981 36 15.47 1982 *48 †21.46 Notes * One further pay bed was authorised with effect from 22 March 1982. †This relates to the first quarter only.