§ Mrs. Rneée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hospitals having (a) under 100 beds, (b) between 100 to 400 beds, (c) between 400 to 600 beds and have been (i) closed and (ii) built in each year since 1960.
§ Dr. Vaughan[pursuant to his reply, 9 June 1980, c. 69]: The information which is available on hospital closures falls into two parts:
1. 1961–1973 Actual closures of whole hospitals: (a) closures each year: 1961 11 1962 14 1963 17 1964 16 1965 14 1966 19 1967 21 1968 39 1969 38 1970 31 1971 44 1972 28 1973 26 (b) closures by size of hospital: 99 beds and under 266 100 beds to 399 beds 40 400 beds to 599 beds 2 600 beds or more nil majority of cases, represent part rather than the whole of a hospital and many represent additions to existing hospitals. Information on the numbers of projects costing over £½ million which include new beds is as follows:
451WIt is not possible to provide a comparable breakdown of projects costing under £½ million.