Dental Treatment

HC Deb 08 February 1993 vol 218 cc478-81W

Mr. Tyler

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many courses of dental treatment for children were undertaken in each family health services authority area in each of the years 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92, with the percentage change for 1991–92 over 1989–90 for each authority.

Dr. Mawhinney

[holding answer 1 February 1993]: The information requested is given in the table. Following the introduction of the new dental contract on 1 October 1990, most payments to dentists for treating children are by way of capitation fees. Under capitation, it is not possible separately to identify courses of treatment. Thus the number of child courses of treatment in 1989–90 and 1991–92 cannot be directly compared, and such comparisons are seriously misleading. In 1989–90, dentists in England were paid £163.9 million for treating children. In 1991–92, this had risen to £244.0 million.

FHSA	April 1989 to March 1990	April 1990 to March 1991	April 1991 to March 1992	Percentage Change 1991–92 over 1989–90
Hereford and Worcester	168,645	129,030	45,081	-73.27
Shropshire	97,840	79,906	28,656	-70.71
Staffordshire	217,977	174,106	68,789	-68.44
Warwickshire	100,858	75,393	24,484	-75.72
Birmingham	189,398	146,709	63,780	-66.32
Coventry	47,815	37,552	18,151	-62.04
Dudley	56,539	43,984	17,165	-69.64
Sandwell	41,205	34,411	13,748	-66.64
Solihull	36,913	28,351	11,775	-68.10
Walsall	44,354	35,669	16,409	-63.00
Wolverhampton	36,205	27,526	10,504	-70.99
Cheshire	236,942	186,433	72,366	-69.46
Liverpool	93,956	79,490	44,389	-52.76
St. Helens and Knowsley	68,882	57,342	25,899	-62.40
Sefton	62,957	49,281	19,688	-68.73
Wirral	76,935	60,381	24,651	-67.96
Lancashire	298,105	246,516	103,440	-65.30
Bolton	62,197	48,180	18,262	-70.64
Bury	43,169	33,749	12,913	-70.09
Manchester	87,526	71,859	34,076	-61.07
Oldham	52,324	42,720	18,206	-65.21
Rochdale	44,004	33,960	14,046	-68.08
Salford	27,702	26,001	18,273	-34.04
Stockport	89,735	66,861	22,109	-75.36
Tameside	52,450	43,405	19,443	-62.93
Trafford	59,368	48,541	17,783	-70.05
Wigan	71,467	59,813	25,906	-63.75
Cleveland	135,839	119,525	56,430	-58.46
Cumbria	111,863	94,488	34,855	-68.84
Durham	116,447	97,147	42,430	-63.56
Northumberland	62,222	55,228	19,878	-68.05
Gateshead	36,820	29,165	10,972	-70.20
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	49,937	43,608	19,886	-60.18
North Tyneside	37,658	31,455	11,517	-69.42
South Tyneside	23,337	19,535	8,701	-62.72
Sunderland	46,370	39,751	18,732	-59.60
Humberside	172,610	146,383	63,663	-63.12
North Yorkshire	166,604	135,453	43,407	-73.95
Bradford	92,399	78,185	31,091	-66.35
Calderdale	41,508	34,200	12,472	-69.95
Kirklees	77,317	66,288	23,308	-69.85
Leeds	177,756	146,640	56,463	-68.24
Wakefield	66,276	56,388	25,468	-61.57
Derbyshire	196,725	162,060	60,145	-69.43
Leicestershire	195,947	163,240	62,972	-67.86
Lincolnshire	121,191	97,861	33,023	-72.75
Nottinghamshire	230,305	193,065	78,538	-65.90
Barnsley	46,139	38,457	15,138	-67.19
Doncaster	76,296	64,964	24,439	-67.97
Rotherham	54,586	46,474	20,893	-61.72
Sheffield	120,504	97,140	35,552	-70.50
Cambridgeshire	150,875	119,031	40,708	-73.02
Norfolk	74,558	65,917	43,045	-42.27
Suffolk	160,005	121,478	41,152	-74.28
Bedfordshire	81,742	64,186	23,906	-70.75
Hertfordshire	248,770	200,346	72,325	-70.93
Barnet	58,244	47,475	23,253	-60.08
Brent and Harrow	80,304	68,370	36,696	-54.30
Baling, Hammersmith and Hounslow	72,810	64,876	32,413	-55.48
Hillingdon	37,648	30,295	12,349	-67.20
Kensington Westminster and Chelsea	31,776	25,311	9,951	-68.68
Essex	320,456	249,245	94,600	-70.48
Barking and Havering	60,456	51,374	21,165	-64.99
Camden and Islington	34,356	28,005	10,899	-68.28
City and East London	58,026	53,297	33,884	-41.61
Enfield and Haringey	67,374	58,317	26,448	-60.74
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	69,549	58,145	27,526	-60.42
East Sussex	138,265	114,710	38,553	-72.12
Kent	327,130	257,189	96,144	-70.61
Greenwich and Bexley	81,144	67,979	31,186	-61.57
Bromley	47,203	41,375	21,852	-53.71
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	74,224	63,575	27,720	-62.65
Surrey	251,297	190,508	63,117	-74.88

FHSA	April 1989 to March 1990	April 1990 to March 1991	April 1991 to March 1992	Percentage Change 1991–92 over 1989–90
West Sussex	181,450	142,036	49,230	-72.87
Croydon	61,594	51,730	25,144	-59.18