HC Deb 10 March 1997 vol 292 cc98-9W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many school pupils by health authority were both inspected and reinspected by the school dental services in each year since 1990. [18732]

Mr. Malone

The available data for the number of contracts made by patients aged between five and 15, inclusive, with a member of the community dental service, by region, in the years ending March 1991 to March 1995, are shown in the table.

Number of children1 aged 5 to 15 screened by the Community Dental Services by Regional Health Authority year ending 31 March
England
Number screened
Regional Health Authority 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
England 2,664,444 3,033,094 2,953,258 2,908,020
Northern 204,883 233,184 207,820 195,474
Yorkshire 216,436 245,724 245,449 232,797
Trent 323,329 308,122 324,244 306,121
East Anglian 103,841 130,949 128,122 95,500
North-west Thames 155,531 161,789 177,807 169,365

Number of children1 aged 5 to 15 screened by the Community Dental Services by Regional Health Authority year ending 31 March
England
Number screened
Regional Health Authority 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
North-east Thames 176,381 213,956 208,032 205,935
South-east 225,879 228,527 192,584 206,526
South-west Thames 77,823 133,632 138,645 138,771
Wessex 153,802 159,101 155,165 154,369
Oxford 111,294 169,564 159,206 162,518
South Western 179,918 178,358 171,669 146,690
West Midlands 336,035 389,408 366,920 420,783
Mersey 141,133 179,184 186,575 192,129
North Western 258,159 301,596 291,020 281,042
Number of children1 aged 5 to 15 screened by the Community Dental Services by DH Regional Office2 at year ending 31 March 1995
England
Region Number screened
England 2,891,211
Northern and Yorkshire 445,653
Trent 318,423
Anglia and Oxford 290,028
North Thames 363,792
South Thames 326,219
South and West 295,672
West Midlands 401,756
North Western 449,668
1 The figures count each separate occasion a patient was in contact with a member of the community dental service. The number of individuals seen will be smaller.
2 The 14 regional health authorities were restructured to form eight regional offices on 1 April 1994.