§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each year since 1979 the numbers of(a) registered beds and (b) occupied beds in (i) registered private hospitals or clinics, (ii) registered private nursing homes and (iii) all registered establishments in Wales, showing separately those which were for (1) acute specialties, (2) mental illness, (3) people with learning difficulties, (4) people with physical disabilities, (5) maternity and (6) other purposes. [14545]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information on registered beds is given in the following table. Information on occupied beds is not collected centrally and no information on bed numbers is available before 1982.
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Private hospitals and nursing homes Category of bed Acute1 Mental illness Mental handicap Physical disabilities Maternity Elderly: General Other2 Total at 31 March 1989 620 592 9 — — 4,745 — 5,966 1990 357 874 37 — — 6,491 — 7,759 1991 51 1,197 24 — — 8,384 — 9,656 1992 65 1,280 162 409 — 8,808 309 11,033 1993 3 1,605 63 616 — 9,607 228 12,122 1994 67 1,816 24 354 — 10,280 165 12,706 1995 53 1,974 27 645 — 10,429 76 13,204 Private hospitals and nursing homes at 31 December 1982 304 43 5 — 25 862 — 1,239 1983 325 72 — — 25 992 — 1,414 1984 315 — — 25 1,171 — 1,579 1985 306 89 — — 25 1,727 — 2,147 1986 221 221 — — 25 2,532 — 2,999 1987 487 325 9 — 1 3,398 — 4,220 at 31 March 1989 830 610 9 — — 4,745 — 6,194 1990 607 892 37 — — 6,491 — 8,027 1991 297 1,215 24 — — 8,384 — 9,920 1992 308 1,298 162 409 — 8,808 321 11,306 1993 242 1,623 63 616 — 9,607 240 12,391 1994 297 1,821 24 354 — 10,280 175 12,951 1995 304 2,041 27 645 — 10,429 76 13,522 1Includes other general beds. 2General elderly beds not classified as acute. 3Terminal illness.