§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many National Health Service beds there are in the Mersey regional health authority at the latest available date; and what were the figures for July 1979;
(2) how many National Health Service beds were administered by the Liverpool area health authority at the latest date; and what were the figures for July 1979.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation is not available in precisely the form requested.
The available information is given in the table.
Average daily number of available beds in National Health Service hospitals 1979 *1983 Liverpool district health authority †4,024 3,743 Mersey regional health authority 21,982 19,849 * Provisional. † The 1979 figure for Liverpool district health authority excludes 1,550 beds in Rainhill hospital formerly managed by Liverpool area health authority but now managed by St. Helens and Knowsley district health authority.