§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the number of students entering dental schools for each of the last 20 years.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe number of new entrants to pre-clinical dental studies in Great Britain universities is shown below for 1965–66 to 1971–72. The series for 1954–55—the earliest year available—to 1964–65 is of all new entrants to dental faculties in universities.
1954–55 543 1955–56 695 1956–57 796 1957–58 758 1958–59 713 1959–60 593 1960–61 582 1961–62 590 1962–63 604 1963–64 636 1964–65 666 1965–66 745 1966–67 784 1967–68 774 1968–69 778 1969–70 791 1970–71 822 1971–72 882