§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many dentists are currently in practice in the Health Service in Scotland, broken down into counties.
§ Mr. RossThis information is not available by counties but figures of general dental practitioners (principals and assistants) on the lists of executive councils as at 1st April, 1969 are given in the following table:
GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS ON THE LISTS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCILS AT 1ST APRIL, 1969 Executive Council Areas Principals Assistants Aberdeen and Kincardine 19 — Angus 22 2 Argyll and Bute 17 — Ayr 76 5* Banff, Moray and Nairn 16 3 Caithness 4† — Dumfries 15 1 Dunbarton 35 6 Fife 62 3 Galloway (Kirkcudbright and Wigtown) 8 — Inverness 16 1 Lanark 94 11 Lothians and Peebles 54 3 Orkney 2 1 Perth and Kinross 28 4 Renfrew 66 6 Ross and Cromarty 7 — Roxburgh. Berwick and Selkirk 17 1 Stirling and Clackmannan 30 9 Sutherland 3 — Zetland 6 — City of Aberdeen 48 7 City of Dundee 36 13 City of Edinburgh 142 7 City of Glasgow 210 22 1,033 105 * Includes 1 principal who also acts as part-time assistant. † Includes 1 part-time principal NOTE: 52 principals practise in more than one area and are included in the lists of each EC area in which they practise. The actual number of principals practising in Scotland is 981.