§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for each district health authority, and for each year since 1979(a) hospitals closed temporarily, the duration of the closure and the numbers of beds suspended, (b) hospitals which have been reopened within one year after temporary closure and (c) hospitals which have been reopened after one year of temporary closure.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 3 December 1987]: Information about temporary closures is not held centrally and could be collected only at disproportionate cost.