HC Deb 21 June 1978 vol 952 cc237-8W
Mr. Norman Atkinson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total amount paid to dentists in 1977 for work done under the National Health Service; and what is the estimated income received by dentists over the same period for work done and paid for privately over the same period.

Mr. Moyle

Total payments—including patient charges—made to general dental practitioners for the provisio not general dental services in England in the year ended 31st March 1978 amounted to £222.3 million—a provisional figure. No information is available about dentists' income from private practice during the same period.