asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total number of beds in each area health authority in 1979.
The information requested is given in the table.
| Average daily number of available beds by area health authority, England, 1979 | |
| Area Health Authority | Number |
| Northern RHA | |
| Cleveland | 3,830·7 |
| Cumbria | 3,575·6 |
| Durham | 5,139·8 |
| Northumberland | 3,995·8 |
| Gateshead | 1,368·2 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 3,479·2 |
| North Tyneside | 719·0 |
| South Tyneside | 770·7 |
| Sunderland | 2,426·3 |
| Yorkshire RHA | |
| Humberside | 6,119·0 |
| North Yorkshire | 5,105·8 |
| Bradford | 4,249·6 |
| Calderdale | 1,370·2 |
| Kirklees | 3,401·8 |
| Leeds | 6,238·8 |
| Wakefield | 3,460·4 |
| Trent RHA | |
| Derbyshire | 5,930·2 |
| Leicestershire | 5,140·2 |
| Lincolnshire | 4,708·5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 6,597·9 |
| Barnsley | 962·1 |
| Doncaster | 1,808·4 |
| Rotherham | 1,331·1 |
| Sheffield | 5,233·3 |
| East Anglian RHA | |
| Cambridgeshire | 3,522·4 |
| Norfolk | 5,609·9 |
| Suffolk | 3,961·3 |
| North West Thames RHA | |
| Bedfordshire | 2,885·8 |
| Hertfordshire | 7,350·2 |
| Barnet | 2,840·7 |
| Brent/Harrow | 3,224·0 |
| Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow | 4,397·0 |
| Hillingdon | 1,627·5 |
| Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster | 5,579·3 |
| North East Thames RHA | |
| Essex | 9,749·0 |
| Barking/Havering | 3,283·2 |
| Camden/Islington | 4,483·3 |
| City and East London | 4,492·2 |
| Enfield/Haringey | 2,469·6 |
| Redbridge/Waltham Forest | 4,965·5 |
| South East Thames RHA | |
| East Sussex | 4,674·9 |
| Kent | 11,725·2 |
| Green wich/Bexley | 3,430·1 |
| Bromley | 2,590·8 |
| Lambeth/Southwark/Lewisham | 5,986·9 |
| South West Thames RHA | |
| Surrey | 10,891·5 |
| West Sussex | 3,763·7 |
| Croydon | 3,191·8 |
| Kingston/Richmond | 2,104·7 |
| Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth | 6,290·3 |
| Wessex RHA | |
| Dorset | 3,830·2 |
| Hampshire | 8,724·5 |
| Wiltshire | 5,520·5 |
| Isle of Wight | 946·0 |
Area Health Authority
| Number
|
Oxford RHA
| |
| Berkshire | 4,760·7 |
| Buckinghamshire | 2,649·8 |
| Northamptonshire | 2,965·5 |
| Oxfordshire | 3,288·4 |
South Western RHA
| |
| Avon | 7,419·6 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 2,670·2 |
| Devon | 7,715·1 |
| Gloucestershire | 3,173·7 |
| Somerset | 3,477·7 |
West Midlands RHA
| |
| Hereford and Worcester | 5,397·6 |
| Salop | 2,602·5 |
| Staffordshire | 6,377·3 |
| Warwickshire | 3,605·6 |
| Birmingham | 9,960·7 |
| Coventry | 1,871·3 |
| Dudley | 1,491·8 |
| Sandwell | 747·2 |
| Solihull | 904·8 |
| Walsall | 1,761·9 |
| Wolverhampton | 1,542·6 |
Mersey RHA
| |
| Cheshire | 9,356·0 |
| Liverpool | 5,573·7 |
| St. Helens with Knowsley | 1,183·6 |
| Sefton | 3,078·8 |
| Wirral | 2,789·4 |
North Western RHA
| |
| Lancashire | 13,193·5 |
| Bolton | 1,360·8 |
| Bury | 716·2 |
| Manchester | 5,585·0 |
| Oldham | 1,044·9 |
| Rochdale | 953·1 |
| Salford | 3,097·6 |
| Stockport | 1,677·1 |
| Tameside | 868·9 |
| Trafford | 835·9 |
| Wigan | 1,478·5 |
Special Health Authorities
| |
| The Hospital for sick children | 517·4 |
| National Hospital for Nervous Diseases | 356·5 |
| Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital | 116·0 |
| Moorfields Eye Hospital | 207·7 |
| Maudsley Hospital | 471·9 |
| St. Johns Hospital for Diseases of the skin | 54·7 |
| National Heart and Chest Hospitals | 602·9 |
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals | 330·6 |
| St. Peter's Hospital Group | 122·7 |
| Royal Marsden Hospital | 360·7 |
| Queen Charlotte's Hospital for Women | 277·5 |
| Eastman Dental | 0·0 |
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give (a) the number of acute beds and (b) the total number of beds in hospitals in (i) inner London and (ii) Greater London in both 1979 and in the latest year for which the figures are available.
I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.