§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give(a) the total number of private and voluntary sector hospital beds, (b) the number of private and voluntary sector acute beds, (c) the total number of national health service beds and (d) the number of national health service acute beds in Scottish hospitals in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is given in the table:
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Number of beds at 31 March (Scotland) (a) (b) (c) (d) Year Private and voluntary sector total Private and voluntary sector acute National Health Service total National Health Service acute 1979 1— 1— 58,788 19,005 1980 1— 1— 58,334 18,984 1981 1— 1— 58,150 18,755 (iii) who are only affected because of the restriction in the married couple's allowance and (iv) who are brought into the higher rate tax bracket by this change.
§ Mr. MaudeLatest estimates for 1991–92 are as follows:
assuming this is introduced at the beginning of 1992–93, with (1) the current system of tax allowances and (2) all tax allowances and reliefs, except the single person's allowance, restricted to the basic rate, giving the numbers in each case who are taken out of tax altogether.
§ Mr. Maude[holding answer 5 December 1991]: Estimates of the direct revenue costs are as follows:
(a) (b) (c) (d) Year Private and voluntary sector total Private and voluntary sector acute National Health Service total National Health Service acute 1982 1— 1— 57,928 18,649 1983 1— 1— 57,119 18,092 1984 1— 1— 57,342 18,079 1985 1— 1— 56,802 17,753 1986 1— 1— 55,955 17,384 1987 334 1— 55,338 17,223 1988 355 1— 54,487 17,005 1989 353 1— 53,448 16,595 1990 376 1— 52,121 16,270 1991 376 1— 50,640 15,883 1 Information not collected centrally