§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the number of dentists providing treatment on the national health service in each health authority in England and Wales in each of the last four years. [11872]
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General dental service: Total number of dentists at 30 June each year from 1998 to 2001: England and Wales Health authority by region 1998 1999 2000 2001 England and Wales 17,691 18,245 18,686 18,995 England 16,763 17,270 17,700 18,004 Northern and Yorkshire 1,990 2,030 2,030 2,110 Bradford 146 148 148 142 Calderdale and Kirklees 185 185 188 195 County Durham and Darlington 153 161 165 171 East Riding and Hull 136 141 145 153 Gateshead and South Tyneside 119 122 119 124 Leeds 265 268 254 279 Newcastle and North Tyneside 161 173 164 168 North Cumbria 103 102 102 104 North Yorkshire 268 279 280 292 Northumberland 107 100 100 97 Sunderland 79 76 82 85 Tees 182 186 189 196 Wakefield 86 89 94 104 Trent 1,447 1,495 1,560 1,570 Barnsley 61 64 67 61 Doncaster 88 85 96 98 Leicestershire 261 267 277 278 Lincolnshire 136 149 156 157 North Derbyshire 102 105 104 112 North Nottinghamshire 106 107 122 117 Nottingham 210 219 222 223 Rotherham 70 70 73 75 Sheffield 178 176 186 197 Southern Derbyshire 162 177 178 172 South Humber 73 76 79 80 West Midlands 1,545 1,571 1,612 1,632 Birmingham 313 314 321 315 Coventry 83 86 88 89 Dudley 84 81 85 91 Herefordshire 67 72 73 73 North Staffordshire 114 116 119 128 Sandwell 86 86 81 86 Shropshire 136 132 141 146 Solihull 55 62 63 65 South Staffordshire 161 158 166 171 Walsall 58 61 63 54 Warwickshire 148 152 164 166 Wolverhampton 60 65 66 69 Worcestershire 180 186 182 179 North West 2,213 2,239 2,237 2,253 Bury and Rochdale 127 124 123 118 East Lancashire 159 157 160 158 Liverpool 153 151 144 150 Manchester 173 180 167 169 Morecambe Bay 106 110 114 111 North Cheshire 88 91 97 93 North West Lancashire 161 165 169 165 Salford and Trafford 151 148 152 154 Sefton 96 97 92 95 South Cheshire 265 251 247 253 South Lancashire 93 95 93 99 St. Helens and Knowsley 94 105 106 106
§ Ms BlearsThe number of general dental services dentists in England and Wales is shown in the table for June in each of the years 1998 to 2001 for the current health authorities.
The total number of dentists in England and Wales increased by 7 per cent. in the three years from June 1998 to June 2001. The commitment of individual dentists to the general dental services can vary.
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General dental service: Total number of dentists at 30 June each year from 1998 to 2001: England and Wales Health authority by region 1998 1999 2000 2001 Stockport 111 107 116 120 West Pennine 144 146 143 148 Wigan and Bolton 166 175 180 181 Wirral 126 137 134 133 Eastern 1,772 1,858 1,914 1,976 Bedfordshire 165 176 191 188 Cambridgeshire1 — 223 227 241 Hertfordshire 429 453 468 494 Norfolk1 — 266 266 277 North Essex 289 295 302 305 South Essex 210 220 235 241 Suffolk 212 225 225 230 London 2,948 3,011 3,102 3,137 Barking and Havering 109 117 117 123 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 346 347 373 371 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 262 267 293 294 Brent and Harrow 196 198 196 213 Camden and Islington 204 208 220 233 Croydon 140 141 136 150 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 345 361 341 348 East London and The City 185 204 191 196 Hillingdon 93 96 97 101 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 222 219 237 216 Kingston and Richmond 149 155 155 155 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 273 259 272 261 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 264 275 293 301 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 160 164 181 175 South East 3,082 3,225 3,326 3,376 Berkshire 277 282 307 303 Buckinghamshire 252 272 283 288 East Kent 193 200 206 204 East Surrey 190 189 189 202 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 296 308 317 328 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 211 225 224 226 North and Mid Hampshire 178 188 197 212 Northamptonshire 160 167 169 167 Oxfordshire 210 223 244 253 Southampton and South West Hampshire 190 193 199 199 West Kent 352 364 369 357 West Surrey 269 294 288 295 West Sussex 304 320 334 342 South and West 1,766 1,841 1,919 1,950 Avon 396 411 431 436 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 158 161 171 - 178 Dorset 251 263 271 272 Gloucestershire 210 217 218 215 North and East Devon 180 184 191 204 Somerset 161 162 176 174 South and West Devon 210 228 240 249 Wiltshire 200 215 221 222 Wales 928 975 986 991 Bro Taf 228 238 243 247 Dyfed Powys 145 160 165 167 Gwent 176 183 180 180 Morgannwg 176 185 185 186 North Wales 203 209 213 211 1 June 1998 data are not available. Cambridge and Norfolk HAs were created in April 1999 from the previous HAs: Cambridge and Huntingdon; East Norfolk; and North West Anglia. The total number of dentists in these HAs was 467 in June 1998 and 489 in June 1999. Notes:
1. Some dentists have contracts in more than one health authority. These dentists have been counted only once, in the HA in which they hold their main contract. Dentists include principals on a HA list of dentists, and their assistants and vocational dental practitioners.
2. At 30 June 2001 there were 592 dentists working in the personal dental service (PDS) in England, of which 385 were working solely in the PDS. There are no PDS pilots in Wales.