§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information areas she has on the extent to which dental health varies according to geographical causes or socio-economic groups; and how the variance has changed in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. MaloneInformation about dental health is contained in surveys carried out every five years by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and every four years by the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry. Copies of the surveys are available in the Library.
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