§ Mr. LivseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he can give for each county in Wales the number552W of cottage-community hospitals with fewer than 70 beds in (a) 1985 and (b) 1988, and the percentage these represented of the total number of hospitals in (i) 1985 and (ii) 1988.
§ Mr. GristThe total number of hospitals, including psychiatric hospitals, with less than 70 beds are shown in the table:
Number of hospitals with fewer than 70 beds1 Percentage of all hospitals in authority Health Authority 1985 1988 1985 1988 Clwyd 15 17 60.0 70.8 East Dyfed 7 7 58.3 58.3 Gwent 8 8 44.4 44.4 Gwynedd 16 18 76.2 81.8 Mid Glamorgan 13 15 41.9 46.9 Pembrokeshire 1 1 33.3 33.3 Powys 11 11 73.3 73.3 South Glamorgan 5 5 31.3 31.3 West Glamorgan 10 8 52.6 50.0 1 As at 31 December.