§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many dental practices accepted national health service patients in(a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole in each year since 1978–79.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 31 January 1994]: No information is held on dental practices. The number of individual dentists registered on health board dental lists to provide national health service general dental services in each of the four health board areas within Strathclyde region and the total number of dentists registered in 683W Scotland is contained in the table. Information for individual local government districts and regional areas is not available.
Number of dentists on health board dental lists in Scotland at 31 December Year Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Greater Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland 1978 1— 1— 1— 1— 1,188 1979 1— 1— 1— 1— 1,207 1980 1— 1— 1— 1— 1,251 1981 1— 1— 1— 1— 1,294 1982 1— 1— 1— 1— 1,334 1983 1— 1— 1— 1— 1,379 1984 113 110 263 131 1,360 1985 115 112 263 133 1,392 1986 122 114 282 137 1,456 1987 132 122 289 142 1,511 1988 133 113 299 137 1,528 1989 137 112 328 140 1,587 1990 141 118 337 142 1,626 1991 157 118 340 147 1,666 1992 160 120 348 141 1,680 1993 165 126 358 147 1,774 1 Information before December 1984 is not available for dentists registered with individual health boards