§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each year since 1970 the total number of National Health Service pay beds in Scotland, the total number of paying patients occupying those beds, the beds' average occupancy rate and the income raised by the use of the beds expressed first in gross terms, secondly after allowing for movement in the retail price index and thirdly after allowing for movement in National Health Service pay and prices.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe available information is detailed as follows: Comparative figures for movement in NHS pay and prices cannot be provided. Total numbers of paying patients occupying pay beds are not collected centrally.
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Year No. of Pay Beds Percentage Occupancy Rate Gross Income Income at 1983 prices based on movement in Retail Price Index £ £ 1973 324 36.4 527,447 1,890,347 1974 324 30.2 536,749 1,657,738 1975 234 23.1 449,371 1,117,094 1976 234 20.9 480,048 1,023,960 1977 184 22.1 421,626 776,302 1978 149 23.3 455,452 774,338 1979 114 24.6 525,691 788,184 1980 94 26.2 688,427 874,827 1981 94 34.7 844,507 959,303 1982 105 21.7 650,205 680,037 1983 108 N/A N/A N/A