§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each(a) district council area, (b) health authority area and (c) for Wales as a whole for the latest available date and for the previous three years the number of (i) dentists and (ii) dentists accepting new patients to NHS lists.
§ Mr. RichardsInformation on the number of general dental practitioners treating NHS patients in Wales is collected centrally by family health services authority area and is given in the following table. Information on the number of dentists accepting new patients to NHS lists is not held centrally.
Number of dentists at 30 September 1 FHSA 1991 1992 1993 1994 Clwyd 105 102 114 117 Dyfed 101 105 104 105 Gwent 139 135 135 138 Gwynedd 65 66 67 66 Mid Glamorgan 123 133 126 125 Powys 36 35 34 33 South Glamorgan 129 127 133 133 West Glamorgan 134 128 130 132 Wales 832 831 843 849 1 Principles and assistants. Dentists working in more than one FHSA are accounted in the FHSA where they perform most work.