asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those military hospitals which share their facilities with the National Health Service, have indicating in each case the total number of beds, the numbers available for civilian use and the date on which the sharing arrangement began.

Hospital			Total number of established beds	Number of beds allocated to NHS	Date from which allocation at (c) took effect
(a)			(b)	(c)	(d)
RAF Hospital, Ely	…	…	155	65	1st April 1972
RAF Hospital, Nocton Hall	…	…	162	20	1st April 1974
The allocation of 65 beds replaced an allocation of 45 introduced in 1969.

Since November 1972 the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, has provided the area health authority with facilities for a plastic surgery unit used by both Service and National Health Service patients. Since 31st March 1975, when the Service requirement for it ceased, the RAF Hospital at Cosford—97 beds—has been maintained to meet the demands of the National Health Service, which meets the full cost.