HC Deb 19 January 1971 vol 809 cc249-50W
Mr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many dentists there were in the West Riding County Council area prior to the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948; and what is the corresponding figure at the latest convenient date.

Mr. Alison

Figures in the form requested are not available for the time before the establishment of the National Health Service. The number of dental practitioners providing treatment under the General Dental Service in the area administered by the West Riding of Yorkshire Executive Council was 285 at 30th September, 1970. The comparable figure on 24th July, 1948, was 203.