To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many community hospitals (a) closed and (b) opened in (i) rural and (ii) non-rural areas in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. (135508)

This information is not collected centrally. The Government are committed to ensuring more health services are delivered in community settings and are making an additional £750 million worth of capital funding available to support the development of community hospitals and services.