§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish the number of private pay beds per 1,000 of the population in each regional hospital area in England and Wales.
§ Dr. OwenThe numbers of approved private beds in National Health Service hospitals per 1,000 population in each of the regional health authority areas of England and Wales are:
Northern 0.06 Yorkshire 0.10 Trent 0.07 E. Anglia 0.10 N.W. Thames 0.13 N.E. Thames S.E. Thames S.W. Thames Wessex 0.08 Oxford 0.10 S. Western 0.07 W. Midlands 0.09 Mersey 0.08 N. Western 0.09 Wales 0.02