§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list all the units and all the beds available for spinal injury treatment which were not being used on 1 August 1983, indicating what provisions were not used because of old premises or because of expenditure cuts; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenThere are at present six spinal units in England — at Hexham, Oswestry, Sheffield, Southport, Stoke Mandeville and Wakefield, plus an interim unit at Stanmore. Information is not held centrally on beds not being used at any given time.