HC Deb 12 January 1988 vol 125 c238W
18. Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his latest estimate of the number of beds in National Health Service hospitals closed on a permanent or temporary basis since January 1987.

Mrs. Currie

Figures for 1987 are not yet available. Information on urgent temporary closures is not collected centrally.

38. Mr. Clay

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of beds in National Health Service hospitals closed on a permanent or temporary basis since January 1987.

Mrs. Currie

I regret that information on temporary bed closures is not collected centrally.

Figures for permanent bed closures in 1987 are not yet available.