§ Mr. LansleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the 1996–97 General Dental Service access funding grants were allocated to dental practices in the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon health authority area; if this funding has been distributed; and to what extent criteria set out in the bid were fulfilled. [5681]
§ Mr. MilburnThe funding was used to meet the aims identified in the health authority's bid and was allocated to practices in the 1996–97 financial year.
§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the £41,000 recently awarded to Gloucestershire health authority to improve patients' access to NHS dentistry has yet been allocated. [5674]
§ Mr. MilburnYes.