HC Deb 02 July 2003 vol 408 cc355-6W
Gregory Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts and groups have met the national target for tooth decay in children. [120776]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The two national targets for tooth decay in children aged five years areA reduction in the average number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft) to 1.0 teeth by 2003. An increase in the proportion of children with no caries experience to 70 per cent., by 2003.

The British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry carries out a survey of the dental health of five year old children every second year. The latest survey is for 2001–02. Results are available for 220 out of 304 primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The PCTs in England which have met either or both of the national targets in 2001–02 are shown in the table.

PCTs meeting tooth decay targets for 2003 in 2001–02—England
PCT 1 Target 1 2 Target 2
Daventry 0.49 78.8
Cannock Chase 0.52 78.6
West Lincolnshire 0.56 80.1
Redditch and Bromsgrove 0.57 77.9
Southwest Lincolnshire 0.58 77.0
Swindon 0.59 76.6
Maidstone and South West Kent 0.62 75.8
East Staffordshire 0.62 78.7
South East Oxfordshire 0.62 78.8
South West Staffordshire 0.63 78.3
North Warwickshire 0.64 75.3
Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth 0.64 75.7
Castle and Beacon 0.64 76.4
South Warwickshire 0.65 74.9
Dudley South 0.69 74.4
Rugby 0.69 75.0
Bedfordshire Heartlands 0.73 75.6
Maidstone and Mailing 0.77 72.0
Derbyshire Dales and South Derbyshire 0.78 70.3
South Birmingham 0.78 73.7
Wokingham3 0.80 68.2
Melton Rutland and Harborough 0.80 74.3
Canterbury and Coastal 0.81 72.6
Solihull 0.81 73.2
Erewash 0.82 72.1
North East Oxfordshire3 0.83 66.7
Ashford3 0.83 67.0
Bassetlaw3 0.83 68.7
Dartford Gravesham and Swanley 0.83 70.8
Bracknell 0.83 71.4
South West Oxfordshire3 0.84 67.9
Wednesbury and West Bromwich 0.84 72.0
Gedling3 0.86 69.8
Rushcliffe 0.86 73.7
Hartlepool 0.86 73.7
South Worcestershire 0.87 72.8
Greater Derby 0.88 71.9
North Birmingham 0.88 73.0
Northampton3 0.89 67.1
Suffolk Central and South3 0.89 67.5
East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey3 0.90 67.3
South Cambridgeshire 0.90 72.7
Rowley Regis and Tipton 0.90 73.1
Maldon and Chelmsford 0.91 71.8

PCTs meeting tooth decay targets for 2003 in 2001–02—England
PCT 1Target 1 2Target 2
Central Cheshire 0.91 73.0
Havering 0.91 73.5
Coventry3 0.93 69.3
Mid Sussex3 0.94 69.7
Wolverhampton City 0.94 70.9
Lewisham 0.95 71.6
Northamptonshire Heartlands3 0.96 69.8
Winchester3 0.97 66.8
Milton Keynes 0.97 70.6
East Cambridgeshire3 0.98 67.6
Woking3 1.00 65.6
Walsall Area 1.00 72.3
Wycombe4 1.02 75.2
Taunton Deane4 1.03 70.7
BedfordM4 1.04 70.7
Southwark4 1.17 71.7
1 Average number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (1.0 or less).
2 Percentage of children with no caries experience (greater than 70 per cent.)
3 Only target 1 met.
4 Only target 2 met.

Note:

The information provided is for the 220 PCTs for which data is complete from the BASCD survey for 2001–02.

Source:

British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) http://www.dundee.ac.uk/dhsru/bascd/