HC Deb 07 February 1973 vol 850 c143W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hospital beds there were in the United Kingdom in each of the past five years.

Mr. Alison

The average daily number of available beds in the five years to 1971 was as follows:

1967 … … … 540,618
1968 … … … 538,984
1969 … … … 535,527
1970 … … … 529,806
1971 … … … 525,765