asked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the employment prospects for the Inmos factory, Newport; what is the reason for not building stage II of the Inmos factory; how many current Inmos workers in Newport are on short-time; how many are drawing lower wages; and if he will make a statement.
The questions raised are essentially matters for the company which has issued a press release explaining that the 200 redundancies at Newport and the indefinite postponement of the new assembly operation planned to begin this year are part of a programme to cut costs in the currently depressed semi-conductor market. The company has also said that to exploit its design skills and advanced manufacturing facilities and to allow it to compete in world markets it will be giving priority to the
| Number of beds closed as result of complete hospital closure | Number of beds closed in hospitals not completely closed | Number of beds provided as a result of new hospital openings | Number of beds provided as a result of additions to existing hospitals | Number of in-patient cases | |
| CLWYD: | |||||
| Acute hospitals: | |||||
| 1974 | — | 13 | — | — | 29,362 |
| 1975 | — | 11 | — | 14 | 27,627 |
| 1976 | — | — | — | 4 | 29,916 |
| 1977 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 30,276 |
| 1978 | — | — | — | 33 | 31,377 |
| 1979 | — | 13 | — | — | 32,126 |
| 1980 | — | 81 | 369 | — | 39,212 |
| 1981 | — | 30 | — | 52 | 45,017 |
| 1982 | — | 19 | — | 48 | 44,853 |
| 1983 | — | 41 | — | 18 | 47,709 |
| 1984 | — | 55 | — | 23 | 49,971 |
| Long stay hospitals: | |||||
| 1974 | — | 95 | — | 25 | 2,396 |
| 1975 | — | 23 | — | — | 2,197 |
| 1976 | — | 10 | — | 3 | 2,153 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | — | 4 | 2,135 |
| 1978 | — | — | — | — | 2,085 |
| 1979 | — | — | — | — | 2,040 |
| 1980 | — | 149 | — | — | 1,884 |
| 1981 | — | — | — | 12 | 1,411 |
| 1982 | — | — | — | — | 1,058 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | — | — | 1,132 |
| 1984 | — | 1 | — | — | 1,137 |
| Psychiatric hospitals: | |||||
| 1974 | — | — | — | 13 | 2,302 |
| 1975 | — | 15 | — | 19 | 2,569 |
| 1976 | — | 2 | — | — | 2,679 |
| 1977 | — | 58 | — | — | 2,684 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | — | — | 2,436 |
| 1979 | — | 21 | — | — | 2,445 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — | 2,650 |
| 1981 | — | — | — | 2 | 2,642 |
| 1982 | — | 3 | — | — | 2,868 |
| 1983 | — | 30 | — | — | 2,860 |
| 1984 | — | 10 | — | — | 2,820 |
| Other hospitals: | |||||
| 1974 | — | 1 | — | 21 | 10,358 |
introduction of new high value products, such as the transputer, and gradually phasing out the direct manufacture of its dynamic RAM products.