HC Deb 27 October 1983 vol 47 cc168-9W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how may hospital beds there are in the private medical sector.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Information in the form requested is not held by the Department. There are estimated to be approximately 34,500 beds in premises registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1975, of which more than three quarters are in private nursing homes which provide mainly long-stay care.