§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each health authority in Wales the number, and percentage, of children registered with a dental practitioner.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe information, which relates to children under the age of 18 registered at the end of June 1991 in each FHSA area, is given in the following table.
FHSA Number of children registered Percentage of relevant population1 Clwyd 43,361 46 Dyfed 34,807 45 Gwent 46,022 44 Gwynedd 22,986 43 Mid Glamorgan 51,782 40 Powys 10,676 42 South Glamorgan 46,847 49 West Glamorgan 43,174 53 1 1989 mid-June estimated population figures used.
§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the population per dentist in(a) 1979 and (b) for the latest available date for each health authority area in Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe information, by FHSA area, is given in the following table:
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Population per dentist as at 1 October FHSA 1979 1990 Clwyd 5,501 3,704 Dyfed 4,719 3,598 Gwent 4,738 3,574
FHSA 1979 1990 Gwynedd 4,270 3,490 Mid Glamorgan 5,485 4,016 Powys 5,637 3,435 South Glamorgan 3,756 3,085 West Glamorgan 3,426 2,688
§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he intends to increase the capitation rates paid to dental practitioners for the treatment of children.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettAll dental fees, including capitation rates, are recommended to the Secretaries of State by the independent Dental Rates Studies Group. All are kept under review.
§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the percentage of school children in Wales inspected by the community dental service in the latest available year and for previous years for which data are available.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe information is given in the following table:
Percentage of school children1 inspected by Community Dental Service Year Number 1971 58 1972 56 1973 66 1974 54 1975 59 1976 47 1977 55 1978 59 1979 57 1980 65 1981 70 1982 68 1983 72 1984 71 1985 72 1986–87 72 1987–88 71 1988–89 64 1989–90 61 1 School children aged over 5 in maintained schools.