§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many salaried dentists were employed by each family health service authority in Wales in December 1994; and how many unfilled vacancies there were.
§ Mr. RichardsOn 1 December 1994 there were three salaried dentists in post in Dyfed, Gwynedd and Powys. There were three unfilled vacancies in Gwynedd.
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§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many dentists in Wales were providing NHS treatment in each of the family health services authority areas in each year since December 1990.
§ Mr. RichardsInformation, relating to the number of dentists at 30 September, is given in the table:
Number of dentists providing NHS treatment1 FHSA 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Clwyd 111 105 102 114 117 Dyfed 98 101 105 104 105 Gwent 125 139 135 135 138 Gwynedd 69 65 66 67 66 Mid Glamorgan 134 123 133 126 125 Powys 34 36 35 34 33 South Glamorgan 131 129 127 133 133 West Glamorgan 135 134 128 130 132 Wales 837 832 831 843 849 1 Principals, assistants and vocational trainees. Each dentist is included in the FHSA in which the majority of time is spent.
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much was spent on providing the services of salaried dentists, including all establishment costs, employed by each Welsh family health services authority in 1992–93, 1993–94 and to date in 1994–95.
§ Mr. RichardsExpenditure on salaried dentists has been incurred by three FHSAs in Wales. Details of these are as follows:
1993–94 £ 1994–95 (to 31.12.94) £ Dyfed FHSA: 16,553 17,271 Remuneration 66,789 28,206 Expenses 83,342 45,477 Gwynedd FHSA: 18,228 18,702 Remuneration 83,103 20,231 Expenses 101,331 38,933 Powys FHSA: Remuneration nil 18,920 Expenses nil 14,620 Wales 184,673 117,950 Sources: FHSA annual accounts for 1992–93, 1993–94, FHSA FIS returns for December 1994 and FHSA capital budgets for salaried dentists for 1993–94 and 1994–95.