§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hospital beds there were in the Norfolk, North-West parliamentary constituency in each of the past five years.
390W(8) how many successful appeals were made to the medical board or medical appeals tribunal by people in Cleveland seeking a mobility allowance for each of the past three years.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisI regret that this information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Cumulative statistics have been kept since the introduction of the mobility allowance scheme in January 1976, on a regional basis for awards and disallowances, and on a national basis for claims and appeals. The latest available information for the Northern and Yorkshire and Humberside regions—which include the areas of Cleveland and North Yorkshire—with corresponding information for equivalent dates in the preceding years is set out below. The figures are affected by the phased take-on of claims which has now reached almost three-quarters of the expected final figure.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe total numbers of hospital beds in the Norfolk, North-West parliamentary constituency were as follows:
Year ending 30th September: 1973 496 1974 514 1975 516 1976 525 1977 525