§ Mr. Andrew Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the number of places in specifically designated National Health Services convalescent facilities for each year from 1980.
§ Mr. John PattenThe available information is given in the table.
NHS hospitals, England—Convalescent departments Year Average daily number of available beds 1980 534 1981 432 1982 302 1983 313 These figures exclude contractual arrangement facilities. The reason for the reduction in beds was given in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Chislehurst (Mr. Sims) on 8 July at column 363.