HC Deb 28 March 1994 vol 240 cc605-7W
Ms Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each civil service grade in his Department the number of(a) male and (b) female, (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employees.

3. Mr. Redwood

The total number of persons employed by my Department are:

(a) Number of general dental practitioners (b) Number accepting all new NHS patients
Gwynedd 65 16
Mid Glamorgan 134 69
Powys 42 25
South Glamorgan 146 35
West Glamorgan 126 126

Notes

1. These figures are not statistically validated.

2. Columns (a) and (b) may include dentists registered with more than one family health services authority.

1Denotes number of practices—number of GDPs not available.

4. Column (b) indicates number of dentists accepting all new patients. It does not include those dentists accepting only children and/or adults exempt from NHS charges.

Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many salaried dentists are employed by each family health services authority in Wales.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

There are two salaried dentists employed by Gwynedd family health services authority and one by Dyfed family health services authority. A further salaried dentist will be employed by Powys family health services authority from 19 April 1994.

Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many community dentists are employed by each health authority and each hospital trust in Wales.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Provisional information, relating to staff in post in the community dental service, is given in the table.

Staff in post as at 30 September 19931
Health Authorities
Gwynedd 8.3
Mid Glamorgan 14.3
Powys 1.0
South Glamorgan 15.5
West Glamorgan 11.8
Staff in post as at 30 September 19931
NHS Trusts
Carmarthen and District 1.5
Ceredigion and Mid Wales 3.7
Clwydian Community Care 10.4
Gwent Community 14.1
Llanelli Dinefwr 1.8
Pembrokeshire 5.6
Powys Health Care 4.0
1 Whole-time equivalents. Excluding locum staff.