§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many dental students there were in England and Wales in each of the last 20 years per head of population; and how many student grants there were to dental students per head of population for the same dates;
(2) what was the percentage of the population in Scotland, England and Wales attending degree courses for dentistry in universities in the United Kingdom for each of the last 20 years, giving separate figures for Scotland, England and Wales; and what were the corresponding figures in each case for the percentages qualifying.
§ Mr. Brooke[pursuant to his replies 20 and 24 June 1985, c. 181 and 313]: Information in the form required is not readily available.
The available information is given in the tables.
Number of home dentistry undergraduates in Scotland, England, Wales, England and Wales and Great Britain per million of the population in the respective countries Scotland England Wales England and Wales Great Britain 1972 123.4 56.1 64.5 56.6 62.9 1973 134.2 59.0 61.5 59.2 66.3 1974 141.1 60.9 67.0 61.3 68.9 1975 144.1 62.9 71.7 63.4 71.1 1976 153.6 65.0 75.0 65.5 73.9 1977 156.5 64.2 76.4 64.9 73.6 1978 158.0 64.8 79.0 65.6 74.3 1979 154.7 63.8 79.0 64.7 73.2 1980 155.1 64.0 72.2 64.5 73.1 1981 155.3 64.0 73.3 64.6 73.1 1982 146.5 64.5 70.8 64.9 72.6 1983 147.9 62.8 72.2 63.3 71.2
Number of first degrees awarded in dentistry by universities in Scotland, England, Wales and Great Britain per million of the population in the respective countries Scotland England Wales Great Britain 1972 20.7 8.7 14.5 10.2 1973 20.2 11.6 17.3 12.7 1974 22.5 12.6 14.7 13.7 1975 24.6 11.6 11.8 12.8 1976 23.2 11.9 14.3 13.1 1977 27.0 14.2 13.2 15.3 1978 28.2 12.7 14.9 14.3 1979 32.9 14.2 15.3 16.0 1980 27.7 12.0 22.8 14.0 1981 31.7 13.2 14.9 15.0 1982 36.8 13.3 15.3 14.8 1983 30.0 14.7 16.0 16.2 Figures for earlier years are not available. Information about grants to dental students is not collected separately.