HC Deb 30 June 1998 vol 315 c168W
27. Mr. Pond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many extra NHS beds he estimates West Kent health authority will be able to purchase as a result of the 1998 Budget. [46629]

Mr. Boateng

West Kent Health Authority will open an extra 96 beds as part of a package of measures to tackle waiting lists funded from the additional £5.1 million it received as a result of the 1998 Budget.