§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table indicating for five-year-old children for(a) 1991 and (b) the most recent date for which information is available, the average number of teeth suffering from dental decay, analysed by region for Scotland.
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§ Mr. StewartThe most recent information, collected through the Scottish Health Board's dental epidemiological programme, relates to the year 1991–92. The average number of decayed teeth per five-year-old child in each health board area for that year is as follows:
Number Argyll and Clyde 2.11 Ayrshire and Arran 2.37 Borders 0.91 Dumfries and Galloway 1.79 Fife 1.90 Forth Valley 1.74 Grampian 1.77 Greater Glasgow 2.05 Highland 1.65 Lanarkshire 2.39 Lothian 1.78 Orkney 0.99 Shetland 1.02 Tayside 1.55 Western Isles 2.28