asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the numbers of contractual young chronic sick beds at present unoccupied and available for use by the Brent and Harrow Area Health Authority rity; if he will examine the case submitted to him by the hon. Member for Brent, South; and if he will make a statement.

The 28 beds which Brent and Harrow Area Health Authority shares with Barnet Area Health Authority at the Marie Foster Home in Barnet are all full. Brent and Harow Area Health Authority has no money available to take on contractual beds. I have examined the case submitted to me by my hon. Friend but must emphasise that a decision on priority for admittance to the Home when a bed, becomes available is a matter for clinical judgment.