HC Deb 18 January 1977 vol 924 c173W
Mr. Lomas

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hospital beds per thousand of the population are available in Yorkshire as a whole and West Yorkshire, respectively; and how these totals compare with the number of hospital beds available per thousand in Scotland and Wales.

Mr. Moyle

The numbers of hospital beds available per thousand of the population in the Yorkshire Region, West Yorkshire and Wales on 31st December 1975 were 8.87, 9.41 and 8.77 respectively. There are no directly comparable figures for Scotland, but the average available staffed beds for the year ending 30th September 1975 was 11.66 per thousand.