§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in theOfficial Report (a) the total number of entrants to each dental school, and (b) the total number of graduates from each dental school, in each of the past five years; and what is the total cost per graduate per dental school.
Mr. Jackson(a) The pre-clinical intake to each dental school in Great Britain in the five years to 1987–88 is shown in the table. (Figures for 1987–88 are provisional).
School 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Birmingham 81 75 75 76 77 Bristol 55 63 42 47 49 Leeds 57 55 54 55 54 Liverpool 61 60 60 60 61 London: —Kings College 62 62 54 64 58 —University College 52 51 52 50 50 —United Medical and Dental School (Guys & St. Thomas's) 96 91 88 87 88 —London Hospital 56 57 57 58 56 Manchester 68 62 62 63 61 Newcastle 76 70 70 70 71 Sheffield 54 50 45 44 48 Wales 50 45 47 48 48 Dundee 50 50 44 45 51 Edinburgh 56 39 40 36 37 Glasgow 75 70 70 70 70 (b) First degree clinical dentistry graduates in each university in Great Britain in the five years up to 1985–86, the last year for which figures are available centrally, are shown in the table:
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 Birmingham 68 63 66 76 70 Bristol 47 45 48 46 45 Leeds 1 1 55 54 51 Liverpool 50 56 49 53 49 London 255 1 254 238 267 Manchester 58 52 57 55 56 Newcastle 73 67 61 69 75 Sheffield 41 1 46 47 45 Wales 43 38 46 39 39 Dundee 58 42 46 48 1 Edinburgh 58 49 49 45 53 Glasgow 67 59 58 60 67 1 Figures not available. Note:
Figures are not available centrally for the cost per graduate for dental school.