§ Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the number of health centres now established in the 20 largest cities and county boroughs outside London; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael AlisonThe information for England is as follows:
County Borough Population Number of health centres in operation at 31st December 1971 Birmingham 1,084,180 6 Liverpool 667,000 1 Manchester 590,000 1 Sheffield 525,230 3 Leeds 502,320 1 Bristol 426,370 7 Teesside 411,200 2 Coventry 335,230 1 Nottingham 300,580 3 Bradford 291,960 — Kingston-upon-Hull 290,270 1 Leicester 276,690 — Stoke on Trent 270,800 5 Wolverhampton 263,580 — Plymouth 256,600 1 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 236,730 1 Derby 220,130 — Sunderland 217,630 4 Portsmouth 211,790 — Southampton 209,660 — In England as a whole 274 health centres were in use as at 31st December, 1971, 124 more were being built and a further 81 had been approved