§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many occasions dentists have recorded the cost of treatment as the reason for a patient not completing a course of treatment in part II of the National Health Service dental estimate form F.P.17 in each of the last three years; and if he will collate and publish figures on the incidence of this problem in future.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information requested is not available and I do not believe its collection in this way would serve any useful purpose.