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Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of newly constructed district general hospitals which have been completed in each single year since 1979; and in what regions these have been located.
| Region | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | Total |
| Northern | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Yorkshire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Trent | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| E. Anglian | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 |
| N.W. Thames | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| N.E. Thames | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| S.E. Thames | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| S.W. Thames | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Oxford | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Wessex | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| S. Western | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Mersey | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| North Western | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 |
| - | - | - | - | — | - | — | |
| Total | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 33 |