§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) long-stay and (b) acute psychiatric beds there were in each regional health authority and district health authority in (i) 1979, (ii) 1990 and (iii) the last year for which figures are available. [26080]
§ Mr. BowisInformation is not available in the form requested. The available information for 1979 has been published in "SH3 National and Regional Summaries (DHSS Hospital Statistics) 1979" and for later years in "Bed availability in England", copies of which are available in the Library. Because of changes in the 771W classifications of beds and health authority boundaries over the period, figures are not strictly comparable.