Psychiatric Beds

Mr. Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many psychiatric beds have closed in each year since 1980–81. [17386]

Mr. Boateng
The Department does not collect information on bed closures.Data are, however, collected centrally on the average daily number of available beds. These figures are shown in the table:
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|Year|
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|1980|
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|1981|
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|1982|
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|1983|
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|1984|
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|Year    |
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|1985    |
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|1986    |
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|1987–88 |
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|1988–89 |
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|1989–90 |
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|1990–91 |
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|1991–92 |
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|1992–93 |
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|1993–94 |
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|1994–95 |
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|1995–9  |
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|1996–971|
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