Lord TAYLORasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many hospital beds there are in each Regional Health Authority area in England and Wales, and in Scotland, and how many of these beds in each area are private beds.
§ Lord WELLS-PESTELLThe average daily number of available beds in National Health Service hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland during 1555WA 1974, the number of these designated as pay beds, the number of beds in registered private nursing homes and hospitals on 31st December 1974 and the
Regional Health Authorities National Health Service beds Included currently authorised pay beds (December 1975) Beds in registered private nursing homes and hospitals Included contractual beds Northern … 27,752 169 536 84 Yorkshire … 32,117 302 1,614 159 Trent … 32,307 247 1,581 52 East Anglia … 13,142 156 747 99 North West Thames … 32,377 461 2,706 211 North East Thames … 32,679 410 1,214 413 South East Thames … 31,140 433 4,118 208 South West Thames … 31,515 247 4,017 481 Wessex … 21,258 191 2,215 120 Oxford … 15,296 215 1,165 75 Southwestern … 27,259 205 2,082 68 West Midlands … 38,974 394 1,618 154 Mersey … 23,962 164 1,351 370 North Western … 32,827 336 2,001 485 London Boards of Governors … 3,630 227 — 1 England … 396,235 4,157 26,965 2,980 Wales … 24,707 60 966 51 Scotland … 61,514* 234 1,238 1,176 * Year ended 30th September 1974.