§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 6 May 1998,Official Report, columns 421–22, if he will rank by health authority the number of tooth extractions per 1,000 persons aged under 18 years. [41588]
§ Mr. MilburnA table ranking health authorities in England in ascending order on the basis of the number of teeth extracted in the General Dental Service in 1997 per 1,000 population for children aged under 18 has been placed in the Library. Also shown in the table are the number of teeth extracted.