HC Deb 25 May 1995 vol 260 c739W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many dental patients were registered at 31 March in each health board area in Scotland. [25350]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 23 May 1995]: The number of patients registered with a dentist at 31 March in each health board area in Scotland is shown in the table.

Dental patients registered at 31 March 1995—by Health Board area in Scotland
Health board Patients registered
Scotland 2,473,758
Argyll and Clyde 204,708
Ayrshire and Arran 192,382
Borders 55,105
Dumfries and Galloway 65,869
Fife 170,247
Forth Valley 132,150
Grampian 256,628
Greater Glasgow 458,436
Highland 82,613
Lanarkshire 241,947
Lothian 375,991
Orkney 4,766
Shetland 6,822
Tayside 217,007
Western Isles 9,087