§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of hospital beds per head of population within the area of the Trent Regional Health Authority and comparable figures for the other regional health authorities in England.
§ Dr. Owen74.0 per 10,000 population. Comparable figures for the other regional authorities are:
Northern … … 90.5 Yorkshire … … 92.6 East Anglia … … 75.8 North-East Thames … … 91.4 North-West Thames … … 97.6 South-East Thames … … 86.2 *South-West Thames … … 132.6 Wessex … … 79.5 South-Western … … 96.5 Oxford … … 70.8 West Midlands … … 79.4 Mersey … … 92.0 North-Western … … 87.3 *This figure is inflated because of a concentration of mental hospitals serving London which are located in Surrey.