§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many new NHS registrations in Wales with a dental practitioner occurred in each six-month period between January 1990 and January 1994 and in each month since January 1994; how many of these are estimated to have been duplicate registrations; and if he will make a statement. [7491]
§ Mr. HagueInformation on the number of new registrations is given in the following table. It is not possible to identify how many of the registrations were for patients who re-registered after lapsing, were already registered with another dentist, or who were completely new registrations.
Number of new NHS registrations with dentists in Wales Period Number Period Number October-December 19901 449,989 March 1995 53,721 January-June 1991 640,040 April 1995 59,114 July-December 1991 386,458 May 1995 52,557 January-June 1992 385,586 June 1995 40,823 July-December 1992 350,665 July 1995 37,463 January-June 1993 350,340 August 1995 37,912 July-December 1993 285,074 September 1995 55,585 January 1994 36,814 October 1995 47,896 February 1994 71,366 November 1995 42,353 March 1994 57,521 December 1995 42,841 April 1994 46,531 January 1996 49,473 May 1994 56,672 February 1996 51,978 June 1994 52,790 March 1996 59,338 July 1994 52,585 April 1996 53,969 August 1994 44,855 May 1996 53,283 September 1994 45,615 June 1996 51,970 October 1994 45,527 July 1996 49,578 November 1994 61,153 August 1996 53,562 December 1994 50,976 September 1996 76,164 January 1995 40,295 October 1996 54,648 February 1995 78,188 November 1996 59,694 1 There are no new registrations in October 1990, the first month of the new dental contract.