HC Deb 19 February 1997 vol 290 cc606-7W
Mrs. Wise

To 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 Jones

The 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.

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.