HC Deb 27 March 2000 vol 347 cc59-60W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of available acute psychiatric beds were used in(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) the first two quarters of 1999–2000. [115786]

Mr. Hutton

The percentages of available acute psychiatric beds used in 1997–98 and 1998–99 were 86.5 per cent, and 87.5 per cent, respectively.

Data for the first two quarters of 1999–2000 for the same breakdown are not available as the source of the acute psychiatric bed availability and occupancy figures are collected annually.