§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of National Health Service hospitals and the number of beds in those hospitals which were opened in each year since 1956.
§ Mrs. CurrieInformation from 1956 is not accessible centrally and, if available, could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information held on the beds provided in hospital building schemes each costing over £1 million completed in each year since 1979 were:
Schemes Beds Total cost £ million 1979 3 1,521 33.9 1980 8 2,198 68.8 1981 10 2,146 62.0 1982 16 2,553 105.6 1983 47 4,334 232.5 1984 45 2,712 194.2 1985 49 1,696 173.6 19861 39 3,310 209.3