§ Jackie BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was(a) the budget and (b) the outturn for general dental services for England for the financial year 1997–98. [66654]
§ Mr. DenhamGeneral dental services (GDS) is not cash limited, so there is no set annual budget. The original vote provision and final expenditure in the GDS in England is shown in the table.
General dental service: 1997–98 expenditure England £ million Gross expenditure Net expenditure Provision made in main Estimate 1,405.8 1,021.5 Outturn 1,349.3 959.1 Gross expenditure includes all fees and allowances payable to general dental practitioners, which cover their income and practice expenses, together with supplementary cost such as employers' superannuation contributions, payments of salaried dentists who provide GDS care in certain localities, and refunds to patients who incorrectly paid dental charges. Net expenditure shows costs after taking into account all dental charges collected from patients.
§ Jackie BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list for each health authority area(a) the number of applications received and (b) the gross funding awarded under Investing in Dentistry; and if he will make a statement; [66658]
(2) how much money has been allocated to Investing in Dentistry up to 31 December; which health authority areas applied for such funds; how much each has bid for; and how many applications were (a) received and (b) successful in each health authority area. [66659]
§ Mr. DenhamSince the "Investing in Dentistry" initiative was announced in September 1987, 614 applications have been received and grants totalling nearly £7 million have been approved. The table gives details of the health authorities who submitted "Investing in Dentistry" funding requests to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State in 1997–98 and 1998–99, the number of applications submitted, the gross amount of funding requested, the number of applications approved and gross funding awarded. 105W
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Investing in dentistry requests by health authority Health authority Number of applications submitted Number of applications approved Gross funding awarded £ Gross funding requested £ Birmingham 2 1 57,000 76,700 Bradford 4 1 52,700 354,300 Bury and Rochdale 2 — — 33,100 Calderdale and Kirklees 4 — — 240,700 Cambridge and Huntingdon 5 4 127,400 396,400 Camden and Islington 2 — — 100,000 City and East London 8 5 164,000 290,800 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 13 7 251,800 990,600 County Durham 10 3 110,000 332,900 Coventry 1 — — 49,000 Doncaster 5 2 32,900 119,400 Dorset 5 2 29,500 101,600 Dudley 1 — — 39,500 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 9 6 112,600 155,000 East Kent 4 — — 518,400 East Lancashire 15 1 44,000 605,600 East Norfolk 6 3 96,000 453,800 East Riding 13 6 184,500 423,000 East Sussex 3 — — 60,000 Enfield and Haringay 8 — — 197,000 Gloucestershire 20 10 172,000 645,800 Herefordshire 2 2 50,000 60,000 Isle of Wight 3 2 85,000 165,000 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 18 — — 267,000 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 7 2 77,700 207,000 Leeds 4 — — 557,300 Leicestershire 5 2 29,300 162,100 Lincolnshire 2 2 117,000 130,000 Liverpool 2 1 96,000 147,100 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 5 2 34,900 95,800 Morecambe Bay 10 6 137,000 226,500 Newcastle and North Tyneside 7 2 67,400 240,300 Northamptonshire 7 4 50,000 90,000 North Cheshire 1 1 50,000 50,000 North Cumbria 14 6 206,600 309,300 North Derbyshire 2 1 60,400 60,400 North and East Devon 8 7 218,300 346,300 North Essex 2 2 37,400 38,400 North and Mid Hampshire 21 7 185,200 658,600 North Staffordshire 10 6 168,800 276,500 North West Lancashire 7 5 161,800 311,700 North Yorkshire 30 8 194,400 550,900 North West Anglia 4 — — 90,000 Nottingham 7 2 35,700 222,800 Oxfordshire 8 6 222,000 242,000 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 18 8 170,500 719,400 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 6 4 57,700 209,700 Rotherham 10 6 141,500 312,700 Salford and Trafford 2 2 22,300 22,300 Sandwell 8 — — 151,000 Sefton 1 — — 48,500 St Helens and Knowsley 7 3 80,000 162,100 Shropshire 12 7 221,000 457,000 Solihull 1 — — 22,000 Somerset 18 5 132,000 722,200 Southern Derbyshire 4 1 12,000 116,600 South Cheshire 10 7 155,700 303,500 South Essex 5 1 40,000 45,000 South Humber 3 2 59,000 83,000 South Lancashire 5 1 23,300 187,400 South Staffordshire 7 2 55,000 143,000 South West Devon 12 8 213,700 359,300 Southampton and South West Hampshire 18 9 306,200 918,800 Stockport 1 — — 14,000 Suffolk 6 6 109,000 124,000 Sunderland 6 — — 207,600 Tees 3 — — 146,900 Walsall 3 — — 100,500 Warwickshire 1 — — 154,000 West Hertfordshire 2 1 40,000 107,900 West Kent 3 2 80,200 102,200
Investing in dentistry requests by health authority Health authority Number of applications submitted Number of applications approved Gross funding awarded £ Gross funding requested £ West Surrey 9 4 168,100 902,600 West Sussex 31 5 90,616 783,600 Wigan and Bolton 4 1 63,200 194,000 Wiltshire 20 14 584,800 1,128,600 Wirral 5 — — 123,000 Wolverhampton 4 1 50,000 132,500 Worcestershire 3 1 40,000 232,000 Notes:
1. Gross funding figures have been rounded up to the nearest hundred pounds.
2. Some gross funding requested figures may be inflated due to the inclusion of revised or re-submitted applications.