§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1), pursuant to her answer of 12 May,Official Report, column 84, when she expects to have information or indications on the proportion of smokers in the United Kingdom and in each other European Community country later than the 1989 figures in the British Medical Journal;
(2) what information she receives from the European Commission on the trends in smoking in each or any parts of the European Community.
§ Dr. MawhinneyStatistics on smoking prevalence in the United Kingdom are collected biennially by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in the general hospital survey and published in the following year. The 1990 figures, which showed that adult smoking had declined to 39 per cent., were published in November 1991. The 1992 figures will be available in 1993.
The European Commission does not publish regular information on trends in smoking and has not published
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Distribution of dentists in general dental service in England from 1987–1991 Number of dentists1 2 Region 30 September 1987 30 September 1988 30 September 1989 30 September 1990 30 September 1991 Northern 799 809 849 869 881 Yorkshire 1,013 1,044 1,078 1,094 1,092 Trent 1,133 1,171 1,200 1,218 1,257 East Anglia 545 578 594 605 604 North West Thames 1,540 1,530 1,552 1,512 1,436 more recent figures on the proportion of smokers in the member states of the Community than the 1989 statistics published in the British Medical Journal. We know of no plans to do so.