§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number and percentage of pupils in Lancashire inspected and re-inspected by the school dental service in 1979 and the most recent year for which figures are available.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe number of inspections and re-inspections by the community dental services in Lancashire in the year ending 31 March 1990 were 81,017 and 11,684 respectively. Comparable figures are not available for 1979. Information relating to the number of pupils in the county of Lancashire is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education.
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§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the comparative productivity of salaried and contractual dentists; and what information she has on the costs of treatments in each case.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe monitoring of the cost effectiveness and productivity of salaried dentists is the managerial responsibility of those family health services authorities concerned. Data held Centrally are not sufficiently detailed to permit a treatment-by-treatment comparison between general dental practitioners and salaried dentists.