HC Deb 12 June 1995 vol 261 cc404-5W
15. Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many NHS patients in Wales have been informed by their dentist in the last 36 months that they will no longer treat them on the NHS. [26046]

Mr. Richards

Around 43,000 patients have been removed from dentists registers since 1 August 1992, but many of these will have subsequently registered with another dentist. Between 1992 and 1994 the number of patients registered has remained at about 58 per cent.

Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the(a) number of adult courses of treatment, (b) total national health service gross expenditure, (c) total cost borne by the Exchequer and (d) total cost borne by patients, for the general dental service, for each year between 1990 and 1994. [27196]

Mr. Richards

The information is given in the following table:

Adult courses of dental treatment (thousands)(1) Total NHS gross expenditure (£ million)(2) Total cost borne by Exchequer (net) (£ million) Total cost borne by patients (£ million)
1990–91 1,190 57,055 38,923 18,132
1991–92 1,327 69,513 49,426 20,087
1992–93 1,398 73,794 53,327 20,467
1993–94 1,399 67,964 48,928 19,036
1 Revised figures from Dental Estimates Board.
2 Excludes refunds, which are netted off against patients fees.

Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the percentage of people aged five to 18 years with permanent teeth which are actively decayed, filled or missing due to decay. [27201]

Mr. Richards

A national survey of children's dental health was carried out, for the third time, in 1993 by the social survey division of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and results published by HMSO in "Children's dental health in the United Kingdom 1993", ISBN O 11 691607 9, a copy of which is in the Library of the House. The information requested is shown in tables 3.3, 3.5, 3.7 and 3.9 of the publication. Sixteen to 18-year-olds are not covered by the survey.