§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for every health authority(a) the total number of hospital beds and (b) the number of acute hospital beds as at March 1991.
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§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 8 December]: The information requested is shown in the table. The table shows information on bed complement. This is the number of beds approved by health boards. Beds in day bed units, borrowed beds and temporary beds are excluded.
NHS—bed complement; all and acute hospital beds; by health board of treatment; as at 31 March 1991 Bed complement All specialties Acute specialties SCOTLAND 52,738 16,538 Argyll and Clyde 4,130 1,282 Ayrshire and Arran 2,937 1,104 Borders 939 352 Dumfries and Galloway 1,407 451 Fife 3,006 806 Forth Valley 2,871 641 Grampian 5,149 1,419 Greater Glasgow 12,667 3,978 Highland 1,885 717 Lanarkshire 4,938 1,578 Lothian 7,633 2,374 Orkney 155 61 Shetland 148 51 Tayside 4,651 1,636 Western Isles 222 88