HC Deb 30 April 1999 vol 330 cc282-3W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices have closed in each year since 1990 as a result of(a) retirement of the dentist and (b) the inability of the dentist to sell the practice as a going concern. [82331]

Mr. Denham

Dentists are independent contractors, and we do not therefore have information on the reasons for the closure of practices.