§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the number of dentists in each family health services authority area who have withdrawn from the NHS in each year since October 1990.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information requested is not available. Since 30 September 1990 there has been a net increase of 52 in the number of dentists practising in the general dental services in England. The number of dentists on the dental list of each family health services authority at 30 September 1990, 30 September 1991 and 31 March 1992 (the latest available figures) is shown in the table.
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Number of general dental practitioners England Family health services authority 1990 30 September 1991 30 September 1992 31 March Cleveland 155 167 172 Cumbria 145 148 148 Durham 144 146 146 Northumberland 87 89 82 Gateshead 58 63 65 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 106 97 102 North Tyneside 65 58 63 South Tyneside 39 44 44 Sunderland 70 69 75 Humberside 204 198 207 North Yorkshire 241 243 247 Bradford 153 146 142 Calderdale 53 58 58 Kirklees 104 111 115 Leeds 254 255 255 Wakefield 85 81 78 Derbyshire 242 250 255 Leicestershire 237 233 235 Lincolnshire 114 124 123 Nottinghamshire 265 267 277 Barnsley 53 54 59 Doncaster 80 88 90 Rotherham 61 66 64 Sheffield 166 175 170 Cambridgeshire 186 183 175 Norfolk 222 224 223 Suffolk 197 197 193 Bedfordshire 132 140 139 Hertfordshire 393 400 388 Barnet 161 145 142 Brent and Harrow 188 187 190 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 257 248 257 Hillingdon 84 77 79 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 297 239 228 Essex 418 441 435 Barking and Havering 94 107 96 Camden and Islington 190 176 170 City and East London 189 173 180 Enfield and Haringey 192 180 177 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 143 145 155 East Sussex 278 276 278 Kent 519 510 496 Greenwich and Bexley 140 147 149 Bromley 125 128 125 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 279 273 276 Surrey 446 453 453 West Sussex 284 285 285 Croydon 127 122 125 Kingston and Richmond 137 140 131 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 246 242 248 Dorset 230 227 233 Hampshire 506 509 512 Wiltshire 165 158 169 Isle of Wight 48 45 46 Berkshire 249 256 256 Buckinghamshire 226 229 232 Northamptonshire 150 144 141 Oxfordshire 201 199 193 Avon 355 359 363 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 143 141 142 Devon 369 371 369 Gloucestershire 195 194 204 Somerset 147 152 150 Hereford and Worcester 197 202 208 Salop 127 128 127 Staffordshire 244 246 245 Warwickshire 134 131 135 Birmingham 299 292 301 Coventry 81 74 79 Dudley 78 75 79 Sandwell 67 69 67 Solihull 51 59 55 Walsall 59 58 60 Wolverhampton 58 62 62 Cheshire 324 322 325
Family health services authority 1990 30 September 1991 30 September 1992 31 March Liverpool 146 146 146 St. Helens and Knowsley 94 89 87 Sefton 82 90 91 Wirral 118 118 117 Lancashire 400 414 422 Bolton 65 71 71 Bury 65 59 59 Manchester 179 178 181 Oldham 62 68 69 Rochdale 54 52 57 Salford 68 62 64 Stockport 111 106 109 Tameside 60 55 63 Trafford 82 82 88 Wigan 86 91 90 Total 15,480 15,451 15,532