79. Lieut.-Commander R. H. Thompsonasked the Minister of Health what is the number of hospital management committees in the United Kingdom; the number of individual hospitals covered by these committees; and the number of hospitals which have house committees.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopThere are 468 hospital management committees and boards of management in England and Wales and Scotland, controlling 2,875 hospitals. I regret that the information asked for in the last part of the Question is not available.