§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what the number of schoolchildren per school dental officer is in the Leek parliamentary constituency; and what the comparable figure is in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe average number of schoolchildren per full-time dental officer in the school dental service in England and Wales in 1980 was 6,028. Information is not available for parliamentary constituencies, but the comparable figure for the area of the former Staffordshire area health authority was 7,832.
The dental officers concerned spent some of their time treating patients other than in the school dental service.