§ Mr. Bishopasked the Minister of Health what the annual gross expenditure on General Dental Services in England and Wales when the charge of £1 was first introduced, compared with the most recent year for which figures are available and with the income from charges in those years; and what is now the estimated income from the proposed charges.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe figures for 1953–54, the first financial year in which the treatment charge had full effect, and 1966–67 are:
Financial year ended 31st March 1954 1967 £ £ Gross expenditure on General Dental Services 27,959,904 70,217,782 Statutory charges paid by patients for treatment and supply of dentures 6,479,922 11,732,833 The estimated additional income from the proposed increase in the maximum charge for treatment is £1.35 million in a full year.