§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new registrations on the dental register have been made for each year since 1985. [38111]
§ Mr. MaloneThe total number added by new registrations to the dental register from 1985 is in the table.
Registered for Total 1985 1,103 1986 1,036 1987 1,083 1988 1,038 1989 1,047 1990 1,206 1991 1,075 1992 1,141 1993 1,254 1994 571 The drop in the numbers added to the register in 1994 is due to the effect of the extension in 1990 of the British dental undergraduate course from four years, one term to five year.
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