§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients were admitted to NHS hospitals for smoking-related diseases in each of the last 10 years;
(2) how many hospital beds, on average, on a daily basis, were occupied by patients being treated for smoking-related diseases in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Dr. MawhinneyInformation is available only for 1988–89, as given by the Health Education Authority, in its 1991 publication "The Smoking Epidemic". This estimated that 226,000 patients were admitted to hospital in England for treatment of smoking-related diseases and these cases occupied an average of 7,000 beds each day.