§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many hospital beds in new hospital developments in England and in each of the National Health Service regions are currently empty because there was insufficient money for the whole development of parts or it to be opened on the planned date; and if he will relate the figures to the population of each region.
(2) how many new hospital developments in England and in each of the National Health Service regions are
Surgical acute beds per 100,000 population, West Midlands Region, 1986 Health authority Average daily available beds Resident population (100,000s) Beds per 100,000 resident population Bromsgrove and Redditch 138.1 1.64 84.2 Herefordshire 239.8 1.53 156.7 Kidderminster and District 120.5 1.01 119.3 Worcester and District 279.3 2.36 118.3 Shropshire 610.4 3.92 155.7 Mid Staffordshire 260.7 3.08 84.6 North Staffordshire 694.1 4.61 150.6 South East Staffordshire 239.6 2.52 95.1 Rugby 119 7 0.85 140.8 North Warwickshire 161.3 1.73 93.2 South Warwickshire 302.9 2.23 135.8 Central Birmingham 618.2 1.81 341.5 East Birmingham 311.3 2.00 155.7 North Birmingham 167.9 1.64 102.4 South Birmingham 663.8 2.48 267.7 West Birmingham 400.0 2.11 189.6 Coventry 603.3 3.10 194.6 Dudley 512.7 3.01 170.3 Sandwell 297.6 3.01 98.9 Solihull 175.0 2.02 86.6 Walsall 259.4 2.62 99.0 Wolverhampton 462.6 2.52 183.6 West Midlands RHA 7,638.2 51.80 147.5