HC Deb 22 January 1997 vol 288 cc668-9W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will publish the availability of hospital beds in the United Kingdom and each other EU member state per 100,000 people for the latest available year in which the European Union average is indexed at 100; [11575]

(2) what was the number of hospital beds per 100,000 people for the last three years for which figures are available in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) each EU country. [11565]

Mr. Malone

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Peckham (Ms Harman) on 19 June 1996 at column496.