§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of National Health Service beds in 1979 and in 1986, in Wales and in each Welsh county.
§ Mr. GristThe information is given in the following table:
District Health Authority Average daily available NHS beds during: 1979 1986 Clwyd 3,053 2,769 East Dyfed 2,098 1,758 Gwent 3,883 3,509 Gwynedd 1,570 1,630 Mid Glamorgan 4,943 4,498 Pembrokeshire 466 473 Powys 1,266 1,014 South Glamorgan 3,584 3,460 West Glamorgan 2,594 2,574 Wales 23,457 21,685 But I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will wish to know the substantial increase in in-patients treated during the same period. These are as follows:
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Number of renovation grants applications outstanding at September 1987 Welsh districts Improvement and Conversion Repairs Intermediate Special Total Aberconwy 63 33 1 0 97 Alyn and Deeside 88 226 2 0 316 Arfon 59 178 1 1 239 Blaenau Gwent 1,143 3,045 747 0 4,935 Brecknock 46 413 12 0 471 Cardiff 1,164 3,703 385 166 5,418 Carmarthen 237 412 3 1 653 Ceredigion 119 730 12 0 861 Colwyn 203 55 0 4 262 Cynon Valley 145 1,793 1,236 0 3,174 Delyn 5 21 10 0 36 Dinefwr 49 324 7 0 380 Dwyfor 49 368 12 0 429 Glyndwr 110 228 52 0 390 Islwyn 86 365 13 0 464 Llanelli 32 431 0 0 463 Lliw Valley 33 152 24 0 209 Meirionnydd 5 0 0 0 5 Merthyr Tydfil 8 1,017 59 1 1,085 Monmouth 3 9 2 0 14 Montgomeryshire 41 338 53 0 432 Neath 208 579 11 0 798 Newport 452 1,697 91 23 2,263 Ogwr 321 975 50 11 1,357 Port Talbot (Afan) 105 379 29 0 513 Preseli 637 793 1 1 1,432 Radnor 94 183 18 0 295 Rhondda 1,196 3,629 837 0 5,662 Rhuddlan 43 17 0 0 60 Rhymney Valley 316 2,298 20 0 2,634 South Pembrokeshire 276 147 7 0 430 Swansea 772 714 111 12 1,609 Taff Ely 68 242 0 4 314 Torfaen 427 950 269 0 1,646 Vale of Glamorgan 20 995 0 7 1,022 Wrexham Maelor 58 242 19 0 319
District Health Authority 1979 1986 Difference Per cent Clwyd 47,741 57,519 + 9,778 (20) East Dyfed 27,725 31,405 + 3,680 (13) Gwent 49,843 65,991 +16,148 (32) Gwynedd 28,698 34,867 + 6,169 (21) Mid Glamorgan 64,182 80,119 +15,937 (25) Pembrokeshire 10,885 13,186 +2,301 (21) Powys 5,411 6,842 +1,431 (26) South Glamorgan 67,526 81,891 + 14,365 (21) West Glamorgan 47,684 62,050 + 14,366 (30) Wales 349,695 433,870 + 84,175 (24)