HC Deb 25 November 1996 vol 286 cc116-7W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the community dentistry budget for England for each year since 1990. [4236]

Mr. Malone

Expenditure on community dental services between 1990–91 and 1993–94 is given in the table. Separate expenditure figures for the CDS are not available centrally for later years. The level of future expenditure on the community dental service is a matter for health authorities, as the local purchasers of health care, to decide.

Expenditure on community dental services
England
Year Expenditure (£ million)
1990–91 61.156
1991–92 67.653
1992–93 75.770
1993–94 78.545

Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were seen by the community dental services in age ranges(a) nought to four years, (b) five to 15 years, (c) 16 to 64 years and (d) 65+ years since 1990. [4240]

Mr. Malone

Data are collected only in the categories shown in the table:

Community dental service: count of all occasions on which a patient was in contact with a member of the community dental service and was given treatment or advice, from 1990–91 to 1994–95
England
Ages 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
All ages 2,412,343 2,565,096 2,652,544 2,481,963 2,498,494
0 to 4 215,080 229,225 226,420 206,758 210,275
5 to 15 1,893,244 1,984,823 2,033,603 1,876,924 1,857,330
16 to 64 232,474 267,530 294,250 298,341 323,468
65 and over 71,545 83,518 98,271 99,940 107,421

1. Figures represent a count of each and every occasion of which a patient was in contact with a member of the community dental service. Figures therefore may include an element of double counting. The number of individual patients seen will be smaller than this.

2. This table will include some patients who were seen in screening or preventive programmes.

Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been waiting more than four months for dental surgery in the(a) South Thames, (b) North Thames, (c) South West and (d) Oxford and Anglia regions.[4239]

Mr. Malone

The information requested is not available centrally.

Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentistry check-ups his Department recommends children should receive during primary school. [4237]

Mr. Malone

The community dental service is advised to screen the teeth of children in state-funded schools at least three times in each child's school life, or more frequently in areas where dental health is generally poor.

Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many domiciliary visits were made by members of the community dental services in(a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95, and (c) 1995–96. [4241]

Mr. Malone

This information is not collected centrally.

Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the incidence of dental disease in children under five years in the(a) South Thames, (b) North Thames, (c) South West and (d) Oxford and Anglia regional health authorities. [4238]

Mr. Malone

This information is not collected centrally.