§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the quantity purchased by the National Health Service, on average over the last three years and in the last year for which figures are available, of nurses' dresses, sisters' dresses, theatre dresses, patients' night-dresses, surgeons' gowns, surgeons' suits and nurses' aprons, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonThis information is not readily available, but in 1964 it was estimated that approximately 300,000 dresses of all grades and over one million aprons were purchased annually in National Health Service hospitals. A report presented in 1968 estimated that up to 140,000 patients' bedgowns were bought annually.