HC Deb 29 March 1994 vol 240 cc687-8W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital beds there were in each year between 1978–79 and 1988–89 in England excluding inner and outer London district health authorities and regional health authorities.

Mr. Sackville

The available information on the average daily number of available beds has been published and copies of the national and regional summaries placed in the Library. The data for the years 1978 to 1986 are contained in the publication "Hospital Statistics-Form SH3". Summary tables for the years from 1982 to 1992–93 are set out in "Bed availability for England: Financial Year 1992–93".