§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of newly constructed district general hospitals which have been completed in each single year since 1979; and in what regions these have been located.
Region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Total Northern — — 1 — 1 1 3 Yorkshire — — — 1 — — 1 Trent — — — — 3 1 4 E. Anglian 1 — 1 — 2 — 4 N.W. Thames — — — — — 1 1 N.E. Thames — — — 1 — 2 3 S.E. Thames — — — — 2 — 2 S.W. Thames — — — 2 — — 2 Oxford — — — — 1 — 1 Wessex 1 — 1 — — — 2 S. Western — 1 — — — — 1 West Midlands — — — 1 1 — 2 Mersey — — 1 1 1 1 4 North Western — 2 — — 1 — 3 - - - - — - — Total 2 3 4 6 12 6 33