§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the average length of stay in days during the years 1966 to 1970, and since 1970, respectively, inclusive, for in-patients, in medical and surgical cases, respectively, in the Hillingdon, Northwick Park, North London and Staines groups and also the averages for the regions in which those hospitals are situated.
§ Sir K. JosephFollowing are the figures for the four groups—averaged over all the hospitals in each group— and for the North-West Metropolitan Region. Northwick Park Hospital Management Committee was not established until September 1970.