§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give details by health region of the number of cots available in special care baby units (a) as a percentage of all cots and (b) as a percentage of live births for 1985.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 27 November 1986, c. 356]: I regret I cannot provide the hon. Member with all the information he seeks. Information on the total number of cots is not separately recorded. The available figures are given in the table.
NHS hospitals 1985 England Regional Health Authority Average daily number of available cots in special care baby units Cots available per 10,000 live births during year Northern 288.7 71.0 Yorkshire 303.8 64.3 Trent 341.3 61.8 East Anglian 144.7 60.4 North West Thames 292.7 75.7 North East Thames 317.7 61.3 South East Thames 281.0 59.7 South West Thames 186.5 59.9 Wessex 192.6 56.1 Oxford 195.6 61.6 South Western 207.7 56.3 West Midlands 433.7 61.0 Mersey 188.3 58.8 North Western 341.4 60.3 All RHAs 3,715.7 62.1