HC Deb 19 April 1996 vol 275 cc634-5W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many(a) children, (b) adults and (c) people in total were registered with dentists in each family health services authority in (i) February 1993, (ii) July 1993, (iii) February 1994, (iv) July 1994, (v) February 1995, (vi) July 1995 and (vii) February 1996. [25223]

Mr. Richards

The information is given in the table.

Family Health Service Authority
Number registered at end of month1
Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan
Children:
February 1993 52,980 41,671 61,957 27,565 69,200 15,356 61,153 56,212
July 1993 58,497 45,976 67,405 30,378 76,322 16,610 66,749 60,961
February 1994 56,026 43,400 61,855 26,673 70,095 14,509 61,406 56,320
July 1994 60,112 46,661 66,818 29,232 75,737 15,748 66,183 60,705
February 1995 52,848 41,297 61,795 26,285 67,685 14,275 61,269 55,958
July 1995 58,539 45,652 67,585 27,177 73,706 15,780 67,287 60,994
February 1996 54,718 41,171 61,732 25,076 67,137 14,428 61,875 55,306
Adults:
February 1993 173,196 149,308 196,617 90,004 214,416 48,483 186,667 184,288
July 1993 177,727 151,562 196,708 89,848 220,769 48,156 185,965 187,040
February 1994 184,806 154,131 201,177 82,116 223,241 49,208 187,508 190,147
July 1994 183,301 153,603 193,665 79,679 218,253 46,496 182,561 185,997
February 1995 174,802 144,163 190,917 68,958 218,662 43,892 178,963 186,621
July 1995 173,199 140,781 186,785 66,147 215,908 44,975 175,608 186,966
February 1996 172,106 136,514 183,398 63,162 215,944 44,992 172,605 186,336
Total:
February 1993 226,176 190,979 258,574 117,569 283,616 63,839 247,820 240,500
July 1993 236,224 197,538 264,113 120,226 297,091 64,766 252,714 248,001
February 1994 240,832 197,531 263,032 108,789 293,336 63,717 248,914 246,467
July 1994 243,413 200,264 260,483 108,911 293,990 62,244 248,744 246,702
February 1995 227,650 185,460 252,712 95,243 286,347 58,167 240,232 242,579
July 1995 231,738 186,433 254,370 93,324 289,614 60,755 242,895 247,960
February 1996 226,824 177,685 245,130 88,238 283,081 59,420 234,480 241,642
1Comparability of figures for children registered in different months within the same year is affected by registration practices as children's registrations lapse at the end of the calendar year following the one in which they last saw a dentist.