Dental Services (Hansard, 10 February 1997)

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists derive(a) more than 75 per cent. and (b) more than 90 per cent. of their fee income from orthodontic work. [12379]

§ Mr. Malone
The information requested is not available centrally.
8W

§ Mr. Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 28 January,Official Report, column 161, how many dentists were attached to the dental reference service in each year since 1990. [15137]

§ Mr. Malone
The information requested is shown in the table.

Date Number of dental reference service dental officers

31 March 1990 31

31 March 1991 26

31 March 1992 29

31 March 1993 30

31 March 1994 34

31 March 1995 37

31 March 1996 38

31 March 1997 ¹58

¹ Estimate.

Date	Number of dental reference service dental officers
31 March 1990	31
31 March 1991	26
31 March 1992	29
31 March 1993	30
31 March 1994	34
31 March 1995	37
31 March 1996	38
31 March 1997	¹58
¹ Estimate.