HC Deb 18 February 1969 vol 778 cc88-9W
Miss Harvie Anderson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the hospitals for which his Department is responsible, showing the number of beds and the average total weekly cost of an in-patient in each.

Mr. Reynolds

The Service hospitals for which the Ministry of Defence is responsible are listed below, together with the number of beds in each:—

IN UNITED KINGDOM
Name and Location Authorised Beds
Haslar 460
Plymouth 386
Millbank (London) 200
Royal Herbert (Woolwich) 330
Colchester 114
Cambridge and Louise Margaret (Aldershot) 413
Tidworth 200
Catterick 200
Mhyusgravc Park* (N. Ireland) 44
Halton 201
Wroughton 280
Ely 188
Cosford 160
Nocton 196
Uxbridget† 68
ABROAD
Name and Location Authorised Beds
Berlin 80
Iserlohn 270
Munster 200
Rinteln 227
Hannover 172
Wegberg 235
Gibraltar 67
Malta 169
Dheklia (Cyprus) 70
Akrotiri (Cyprus) 123
Mauritius 32
El Adem (Libya) 39
Muharraq‡ 100
Singapore‡ 400
Changi (Singapore)‡ 115
Kluang (Malaysia)‡ 50
Terendak (Malaysia)‡ 160
Penang (Malaysia)‡ 20
Hong Kong 230
Dharan 70
Notes:
* Service wing of civilian hospital.
† To close in 1970.
‡To close in 1971.

The average weekly in-patient costs in Service hospitals in this country are about £85. I regret that a comparable figure for Service hospitals abroad is not readily available.