§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is her Department's long-term forecast of the number of dentists in the general dental service who will be under contract to the national health service in the United Kingdom in 1995 and the year 2000, respectively.
§ Dr. MawhinneyA joint Health Departments and British Dental Association review of dental manpower needs is currently in progress. It will consider the number of dentists that will he needed over the next 40 years.
§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the most and least favourable ratio of general dental practitioners to population in respect of particular family health service authorities in England, Wales and Scotland, respectively.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information for England is as follows: lowest dentist-to-population ratio, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster family health service authority —1:1,360; highest ratio, Lincolnshire FHSA—1:4,810. The information relating to Wales and Scotland is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for Scotland.