§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for each year since 1978 and for each health board, the total number of beds in National Health Service hospitals in Scotland.
§ Mr. RifkindThe most recent available information is as follows:
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Average available staffed beds at 30 September Health board 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Scotland 59,026 58,501 58,208 58,028 57,440 57,294 57,216 Argyll and Clyde 4,615 4,599 4,523 4,488 4,472 4,438 4,445 Ayrshire and Arran 2,849 2,837 2,822 2,827 2,794 2,918 3,059 Borders 919 898 897 943 928 928 931 Dumfries and Galloway 1,724 1,676 1,595 1,571 1,548 1,540 1,542 Fife 2,920 2,953 2,913 2,929 2,989 3,026 3,161 Forth Valley 3,640 3,611 3,616 3,583 3,498 3,446 3,436 Grampian 5,385 5,392 5,391 5,393 5,462 5,486 5,595 Greater Glasgow 14,128 14,045 14,084 14,032 13,547 13,355 13,166 Highland 2,483 2,455 2,422 2,427 2,347 2,290 2,277 Lanarkshire 5,599 5,517 5,536 5,538 5,528 5,491 5,404 Lothian 8,553 8,374 8,389 8,397 8,452 8,522 8,451 Orkney 126 119 126 131 131 131 132 Shetland 163 160 159 160 160 160 161 Tayside 5,705 5,648 5,522 5,408 5,377 5,354 5,248 Western Isles 216 216 212 202 207 210 206