§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the total expenditure on quangos, training and enterprise councils and the national health service in Wales by his Department for each year since 1979, in cash and 1994–95 prices.
§ Mr. Redwood[holding answer 27 October 1994]The information requested is shown in the following table:
Machynlleth and Dolgellau; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Redwood[holding answer 1 November 1994]; It is for health authorities to assess the adequacy of NHS dental services in their locality.
Family health services authorities are encouraged to seek my permission to employ salaried dentists in areas where there is a shortfall in service provision. Gwynedd and Powys family health services authorities have applied for permission to employ salaried dentists in their areas. As a result, the Gwynedd family health services authority has permission to employ four salaried dentists, to be deployed at such centres as that authority judges best to ensure the availability of general dental services, and the Powys authority has permission to employ a salaried dentist at Builth Wells.
Powys family health services authority has since made further applications to employ salaried dentists at Machynlleth and Newtown. With the agreement of the authority, the Machynlleth application is being held in abeyance pending the result of a Welsh Office sponsored advertising campaign to attract further independent practitioners to the area. The application in respect of Newtown is presently under consideration. Newtown has recently been declared a designated area under the dental location incentive scheme. My Department will provide the funding for those who qualify for the grants which are now available for dentists wishing to set up or expand practices in the Newtown area.
1333WOn 20 October my Department provided additional funding of £50,000 to the Gwynedd health authority to purchase additional treatment sessions to support the community dental service safety net role.