§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the answer on 4 July to the hon. Member for Fife, Central, Official Report, column 170, how many dentists employed in the National Health Service in Scotland were in receipt of gross annual earnings of over £100,000.
§ Mr. John MacKayTwelve.
§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the average annual expenses paid to dentists in the National Health Service in Scotland in each of the last four years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe fee scale for general dental practitioners is calculated on a Great Britain basis. Average annual expenses taken into account in calculating that scale in respect of the last four year are as follows:
Year Expenses £ 1980–81 20,041 1981–82 22,962 1982–83 *24,575 1983–84 *26,051 * Provisional.