HC Deb 19 November 1985 vol 87 c155W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the figures for the number of hospital beds in Great Grimsby at the latest available date and for May 1979.

Mr. Whitney

Information is not available centrally in precisely the form requested. During 1984, the latest year for which figures are available centrally, the average daily number of available beds in National Health Service hospitals in Grimsby District Health Authority was 800. The corresponding figure for 1979 was 797.