HC Deb 01 July 1997 vol 297 c142W
Mr. Lansley

To 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. Milburn

The 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. Drew

To 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. Milburn

Yes.