HC Deb 02 February 1968 vol 757 cc432-3W
Mr. Bishop

asked the Minister of Health how many health centres were opened from 1948 to 1964;how many have been opened since 1964;how many are at present under construction; and how many are planned.

Mr. K. Robinson

Twenty-one in England and Wales in the seventeen years up to the end of 1964 and twenty-four since. At 31st December last (the latest available figures) forty were under construction; fifty-four more had been approved; and plans for a further seventy were under consideration.