HC Deb 27 October 1995 vol 264 cc862-3W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new registrations on the dental register have been made for each year since 1985. [38111]

Mr. Malone

The total number added by new registrations to the dental register from 1985 is in the table.

Registered for Total
1985 1,103
1986 1,036
1987 1,083
1988 1,038
1989 1,047
1990 1,206
1991 1,075
1992 1,141
1993 1,254
1994 571

The drop in the numbers added to the register in 1994 is due to the effect of the extension in 1990 of the British dental undergraduate course from four years, one term to five year.