§ Mr. Stanleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what are the figures, actual or estimated, for (a) population and (b) hospital beds in the Tunbridge Wells
MAIDSTONE HEALTH DISTRICT 1971 1975 1976 1981 1986 Resident Population … … … … 175,500 180,500 181,800 196,100 208,300 Estimated Bed Requirements … … … 1,054 1,084 1,092 1,083 1,137 Total Beds … … … … … 2,193 1,975 1,952 — — TUNBRIDGE WELLS HEALTH DISTRICT 1971 1975 1976 1981 1986 Resident Population … … … … 195,800 198,100 199,000 215,900 223,700 Estimated Bed Requirements … … … 1,523 1,541 1,548 1,495 1,552 Total Beds … … … … … 2,931 2,586 2,572 — — (i) The base for the population figures is: 1971—Census: 1975 and 1976—mid year estimates: 1981 and 1986—OPCS projections. (ii) the bed requirement figures for Maidstone do not include beds in Oakwood Hospital (Mental Illness), which serves the whole of West Kent and also takes patients from Bromley and East Sussex. (iii) The bed requirement figures for Tunbridge Wells do not include beds in Leybourne Grange Hospital (Mental Handicap), which serves the whole of Kent and takes some patients from Bromley and East Sussex.