§ Mr. John Browneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the average value per bed of hospitals included in the National Health Service estate;
(2) what is the current average cost of providing a new bed in a district general hospital broken down into, land, buildings, equipment, fees and other overheads, together with figures for different sizes of hospital, including ones of 300 beds and 450 beds.
§ Mrs. CurrieA meaningful answer cannot readily be given.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each year since 1979 and for each district health authority the total number of beds in National Health Service hospitals.
§ Mrs CurrieThe information requested is given in the table.
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Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 North Tyneside 719 724 723 719 733 740 725 South Tyneside 771 762 828 825 829 821 813 Sunderland 2,426 2,379 2,356 2,338 2,351 2,349 2,312 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Hull 2,145 2,128 2,024 1,955 1,948 1,935 1,934 East Yorkshire 2,184 2,113 2,004 1,934 1,951 1,904 1,871 Grimsby 797 800 806 800 807 800 957 Scunthorpe 993 983 962 936 931 913 933 Northallerton 437 448 448 444 413 406 404 York 2,985 2,960 2,933 2,847 2,548 2,473 2,377 Scarborough 689 701 674 688 694 682 676 Harrogate 995 927 954 959 1,142 1,068 1,027 Bradford 2,721 2,719 2,724 2,711 2,680 2,621 2,510 Airedale 1,528 1,533 1,501 1,464 1,402 1,376 1,353 Calderdale 1,370 1,385 1,344 1,357 1,302 1,258 1,228 Huddersfield 2,625 2,389 2,391 2,391 2,321 2,235 2,059 Dewsbury 777 778 785 756 761 752 736 Leeds Western * * * 3,327 3,218 3,172 3,156 Leeds Eastern * * * 2,734 2,726 2,698 2,561 Wakefield 2,607 2,505 2,473 2,321 2,309 2,273 2,128 Pontefract 854 848 873 865 883 904 885 Trent Regional Health Authority North Derbyshire 1,722 1,674 1,701 1,668 1,673 1,684 1,749 South Derbyshire 4,208 4,323 3,913 3,935 3,929 3,734 3,535 Leicestershire 5,140 5,221 5,221 5,225 5,149 5,070 5,045 North Lincolnshire 2,815 2,749 2,693 2,653 2,581 2,420 2,100 South Lincolnshire 1,894 1,868 1,835 1,794 1,801 1,819 1,768 Bassetlaw 403 408 412 424 424 419 433 Central Nottinghamshire 1,997 1,967 1,949 1,934 1,888 1,851 1,794 Nottingham 4,198 4,088 4,041 4,029 4,000 3,958 3,931 Barnsley 962 1,013 1,014 971 1,032 1,073 1,134 Doncaster * * * 1,946 1,954 1,929 1,879 Rotherham * * * 1,244 1,250 1,246 1,251 Sheffield 5,233 5,075 5,032 4,922 4,800 4,799 4,771 East Anglian Regional Health Authority Cambridge * * * 1,926 1,933 1,875 1,844 Peterborough 1,122 1,120 1,149 1,144 1,129 1,161 1,146 West Suffolk * * * 1,236 1,241 1,247 1,247 East Suffolk * * * 2,668 2,637 2,537 2,477 Norwich 3,928 3,979 3,991 3,822 3,915 3,697 3,512 Great Yarmouth 852 862 875 1,000 995 991 1,051 West Norfolk & Wisbech 830 882 833 817 831 841 847 Huntingdon * * * 300 320 378 409 North West Thames Regional Health Authority North Bedfordshire 1,233 1,259 1,230 1,224 1,243 1,216 1,204 South Bedfordshire 1,653 1,649 1,649 1,630 1,606 1,549 1,553 North Hertfordshire 849 851 857 858 855 855 842 East Hertfordshire 829 763 772 791 765 742 714 North West Hertfordshire 3,288 3,310 3,277 3,198 3,175 3,185 3,175 South West Hertfordshire 2,385 2,308 2,237 2,233 2,176 2,124 2,061 Barnet 2,841 2,800 2,771 2,748 2,670 2,551 2,445 Harrow 908 902 914 938 935 878 905 Hillingdon 1,628 1,480 1,528 1,526 1,499 1,406 1,378 Hounslow & Spelthorne * * * 1,548 1,497 1,447 1,382 Ealing 1,709 1,713 1,753 1,725 1,663 1,622 1,543 Brent 2,316 2,332 2,263 2,273 2,203 2,059 1,939 Paddington 1,365 1,276 1,236 1,216 1,211 1,187 1,211 Riverside** 3,226 3,042 3,035 3,946 3,845 3,708 3,465 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Basildon & Thurrock 1,893 1,880 1,922 1,960 1,976 1,984 1,945 Mid Essex 1,282 1,276 1,260 1,260 1,271 1,276 1,429 North East Essex 3,381 3,244 3,137 3,066 2,972 2,853 2,541 West Essex 1,256 1,174 1,187 1,214 1,210 1,199 1,192 Southend 1,937 1,941 1,924 1,942 1,933 1,912 1,793 Barking, Havering & Brentwood 3,283 3,238 3,183 3,095 3,033 2,984 2,878 Hampstead * * * 1,963 1,919 1,894 1,875 Bloomsbury * * * 2,487 2,490 2,344 2,116 Islington * * * 1,177 1,105 1,018 917 City & Hackney 1,990 1,867 1,743 1,887 1,884 1,853 1,754 Newham 941 924 936 887 845 877 880 Tower Hamlets 1,561 1,484 1,605 1,433 1,396 1,363 1,355
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Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Enfield 1,234 1,217 1,137 1,087 1,114 1,076 1,069 Haringey 1,236 1,122 1,143 1,157 1,109 1,028 986 Redbridge 1,655 1,655 1,650 1,633 1,644 1,630 1,617 Waltham Forest 3,311 3,318 3,245 3,051 2,842 2,667 2,508 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Brighton 1,896 1,851 1,770 1,794 1,803 1,796 1,704 Eastbourne 1,714 1,710 1,702 1,660 1,593 1,487 1,390 Hastings 1,064 1,016 974 995 955 927 901 South East Kent 1,004 1,043 1,081 1,087 1,093 1,073 1,064 Canterbury & Thanet 2,926 2,838 2,762 2,743 2,693 2,524 2,376 Dartford & Gravesham 2,646 2,552 2,478 2,454 2,290 2,125 1,990 Maidstone 1,741 1,697 1,680 1,689 1,680 1,618 1,563 Medway 991 982 972 992 994 1,011 1,030 Tunbridge Wells 2,419 2,396 2,338 2,268 2,213 2,174 2,033 Bexley 1,653 1,667 1,635 1,585 1,543 1,468 1,435 Greenwich 1,777 1,666 1,623 1,598 1,611 1,586 1,517 Bromley 2,591 2,491 2,466 2,377 2,296 2,116 1,989 West Lambeth * * * 2,100 2,119 2,066 1,993 Camberwell 1,432 1,366 1,332 1,289 1,279 1,232 1,264 Lewisham & North Southwark 2,336 2,257 2,208 2,185 2,194 2,058 2,048 South West Thames Regional Health Authority North West Surrey 2,138 2,041 2,001 1,996 1,970 1,886 1,721 West Surrey & North East Hants 1,743 1,773 1,712 1,704 1,688 1,725 1,757 South West Surrey 857 872 930 959 951 927 902 Mid Surrey 2,901 2,835 2,592 2,579 2,466 2,356 2,275 East Surrey 2,776 2,666 2,597 2,512 2,444 2,267 2,171 Chichester 1,255 1,244 1,250 1,237 1,225 1,204 1,180 Mid Downs 1,576 1,572 1,625 1,647 1,676 1,621 1,617 Worthing 933 925 952 945 980 982 996 Croydon 3,192 3,089 3,006 2,929 2,860 2,728 2,637 Kingston & Esher * * * 1,564 1,517 1,457 1,416 Richmond, Twickenham & Roehampton * * * 979 970 916 868 Wandsworth 2,871 2,689 2,543 2,476 2,494 2,534 2,338 Merton & Sutton 2,687 2,610 2,510 2,495 2,477 2,390 2,332 Wessex Regional Health Authority East Dorset 2,126 2,135 2,093 2,128 2,187 2,233 2,258 West Dorset 1,704 1,702 1,693 1,693 1,653 1,640 1,551 Portsmouth 3,058 3,032 3,037 3,028 2,978 2,835 2,751 South West Hants. & Southampton 3,112 3,106 3,129 3,073 3,037 3,017 3,009 Winchester 921 915 910 899 875 867 866 Basingstoke 1,634 1,623 1,617 1,598 1,573 1,545 1,458 Salisbury 999 959 960 970 968 1,030 1,036 Swindon 1,478 1,435 1,382 1,336 1,347 1,377 1,311 West Wiltshire & Bath 3,044 3,029 2,974 2,947 2,838 2,737 2,681 Isle of Wight 946 909 868 875 855 794 734 Oxford Regional Health Authority East Berkshire 1,773 1,775 1,759 1,726 1,668 1,642 1,607 West Berkshire 2,987 2,820 2,758 2,704 2,626 2,489 2,425 Aylesbury * * * 1,610 1,556 1,546 1,483 Wycombe 778 737 724 760 757 742 741 Milton Keynes * * * 209 209 354 458 Kettering 849 875 896 918 891 902 936 Northampton 2,116 2,129 2,163 2,068 2,087 2,013 1,936 Oxfordshire 3,288 3,246 3,155 3,120 3,024 3,034 2,970 South Western Regional Health Authority Bristol & Weston 2,276 2,278 2,254 2,220 2,140 2,105 2,035 Frenchay 2,968 2,941 2,894 2,811 2,734 2,666 2,529 Southmead 2,175 2,089 2,060 2,005 1,917 1,802 1,688 Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 2,670 2,693 2,747 2,745 2,691 2,621 2,521 Exeter 3,848 3,792 3,738 3,613 3,471 3,134 2,957 North Devon * * * 640 647 659 666 Plymouth * * * 2,226 2,200 2,167 2,167 Torbay 1,021 1,048 1,057 1,075 1,177 1,170 1,161 Cheltenham * * * 932 942 939 929 Gloucester * * * 2,248 2,201 2,088 2,060 Somerset 3,478 3,440 3,392 3,347 3,339 3,326 3,219 West Midlands Regional Health Authority Bromsgrove and Redditch 1,227 1,206 1,101 1,081 1,023 986 917 Herefordshire 1,174 1,151 1,126 1,106 1,064 1,019 976
Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Kidderminster & District 1,313 1,238 1,214 1,226 1,094 1,093 1,078 Worcester & District 1,684 1,645 1,619 1,630 1,603 1,567 1,461 Shropshire 2,603 2,573 2,578 2,573 2,564 2,480 2,448 Mid Staffordshire 1,372 1,399 1,372 1,309 1,319 1,309 1,301 North Staffordshire 3,492 3,499 3,504 3,448 3,406 3,358 3,336 South East Staffordshire 1,514 1,483 1,482 1,474 1,451 1,468 1,451 Rugby 327 327 328 334 324 318 326 North Warwickshire * * * 1,212 1,210 1,165 1,136 South Warwickshire * * * 1,893 1,866 1,834 1,755 Central Birmingham * * * 1,729 1,793 1,829 1,776 East Birmingham 966 966 988 997 990 972 961 North Birmingham 1,879 1,753 1,680 1,658 1,595 1,507 1,493 South Birmingham * * * 2,723 2,525 2,353 2,262 West Birmingham * * * 2,247 2,202 2,130 2,038 Coventry 1,871 1,937 1,930 1,937 1,909 1,839 1,886 Dudley 1,492 1,476 1,510 1,523 1,544 1,514 1,525 Sandwell 747 771 805 851 858 872 882 Solihull * * * 1,140 1,102 1,057 1,048 Walsall 1,762 1,697 1,676 1,628 1,598 1,614 1,568 Wolverhampton 1,543 1,503 1,484 1,510 1,506 1,479 1,485 Mersey Regional Health Authority Chester 2,031 1,943 1,911 1,847 1,836 1,771 1,714 Crewe 2,310 2,201 2,180 1,789 1,760 1,692 1,668 Halton 452 438 445 449 406 358 396 Macclesfield 1,572 1,526 1,548 1,863 1,758 1,668 1,593 Warrington 2,991 2,974 2,917 2,797 2,705 2,620 2,496 Liverpool 4,024 4,003 3,805 3,766 3,740 3,561 3,359 St. Helens & Knowsley 2,734 2,561 2,606 2,620 2,535 2,462 2,353 Southport & Formby 1,324 1,275 1,250 1,299 1,281 1,207 1,170 South Sefton 1,755 1,709 1,740 1,750 1,681 1,668 1,718 Wirral 2,789 2,703 2,622 2,341 2,149 2,022 1,996 North Western Regional Health Authority Lancaster 2,645 2,601 2,508 2,512 2,406 2,352 2,217 Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde 1,564 1,576 1,664 1,733 1,732 1,737 1,756 Preston * * * 2,318 2,239 2,196 2,173 Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley 2,825 2,781 2,746 2,706 2,665 2,624 2,579 Burnley, Pendle & Rossendale 2,591 2,591 2,522 2,513 2,516 2,438 2,399 West Lancashire 886 862 854 851 851 867 812 Chorley & South Ribble * * * 374 378 357 345 Bolton 1,361 1,315 1,328 1,303 1,294 1,285 1,246 Bury 716 740 786 801 812 822 810 North Manchester 2,041 2,038 2,026 1,982 1,950 1,831 1,752 Central Manchester 1,137 1,201 1,227 1,254 1,250 1,242 1,272 South Manchester 2,408 2,423 2,389 2,401 2,417 2,355 2,277 Oldham 1,045 1,028 1,004 1,003 1,029 1,019 1,026 Rochdale 953 904 875 879 869 827 824 Salford 3,098 3,089 3,017 3,008 2,972 2,876 2,688 Stockport 1,677 1,692 1,759 1,816 1,793 1,749 1,724 Tameside & Glossop 869 965 981 941 917 942 945 Trafford 836 864 869 837 827 814 775 Wigan 1,479 1,450 1,430 1,446 1,467 1,426 1,403 Special Health Authorities The Hospital for Sick Children 517 506 544 494 474 418 410 National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 357 355 345 356 351 341 349 Moorfields Eye Hospital 208 204 204 208 210 181 163 Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospitals 472 492 497 501 498 506 504 National Heart & Chest Hospitals 603 570 577 556 552 540 449 The Royal Marsden Hospital 361 361 350 340 343 333 344 Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's * * * 891 900 917 868 * Comparable figures not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982. ** Hammersmith and Fulham DHA and Victoria DHA prior to 1985.