§ 40. Mr. GROVESasked the President of the Board of Education the number of local education authorities, counties, county boroughs, boroughs and urban districts, separately, who have not provided a school dental service; and whether, in view of the value of these special services, he proposes to take any steps to secure its provision in the areas in which it has not yet been initiated?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Lord Eustace Percy)As the answer to this question contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. GROVESAre not the number of authorities not providing dental clinics numerous I Is that why the answer is so long?
§ Lord E. PERCYNo; if the hon. Gentleman wants to know the total, it is 48, who have no provision. Of these 14 have already begun to make it.
§ The answer is as follows:.
§ The following table gives the information asked for in the first part of the question:.
| Table showing under Types of Areas the Number of Local Education Authorities who have not yet started a School Dental Service.. | ||||
| Counties(63) | County Boroughs (82) | Boroughs(124) | Urban Districts(44) | Total (317) |
| 12 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 48 |
§ Of these 48 local education authorities, 14 have made definite proposals for the initiation of dental schemes which are now under the Board's consideration. In 13 other cases the Board have already written to the local education authority urging them to make a beginning. The Board are fully aware of the value of school dental services, and aim at securing a comprehensive scheme of dentistry for all school children.