HC Deb 10 February 1978 vol 943 c707W
Mr. MacGregor

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many dental technicians there were in each of the years from 1973 to 1977 in Great Britain and in the county of Norfolk, respectively.

Mr. Deakins

The numbers of whole-time equivalent dental technicians of all grades, including apprentices and students, employed in hospital and community service dental laboratories were as follows:

1973 588
1974 560
1975 602
1976 782

The figures for 1977 are not yet available.

I regret that the figures for dental technicians employed in Norfolk or outside the hospital and community dental service are not available centrally.