Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many unoccupied hospital beds there are in each Scottish region.
Mr. John MacKayThe information is set out in the following table:
Number Argyll and Clyde 805 Ayrshire and Arran 423 Borders 135 Dumfries and Galloway 213 Fife 550 Forth Valley 492 Grampian 890 Greater Glasgow 2,210 Highland 482 Lanarkshire 1,080 Lothian 1,578 Orkney 28 Shetland 26 Tayside 1,047 Western Isles 34 Scotland 1,993 These figures represent the average number of unoccupied beds in the year to 31 March 1982. They do not take account of beds occupied by day patients who do not occupy beds overnight.