HC Deb 04 March 1999 vol 326 cc903-5W
Dr. Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of dental contract holders had an NHS list which (i) increased and (ii) decreased between March 1997 and March 1998 in each health authority area and in total in England. [74004]

Mr. Denham

[holding answer 3 March 1999]: The percentage of dental contract holders for each health authority having a National Health Service list which increased or decreased between March 1997 and March 1998 is shown in the table.

General Dental Service: dental contract holders with an increase and decrease in list size between March 1997 and 1998: by health authority—England
Health authority Percentage with an increase Percentage with a decrease
England 31.4 68.3
Avon 33.4 66.3
Barking and Havering 34.0 66.0
Barnet 33.8 64.0
Barnsley 35.8 64.2
Bedfordshire 35.6 61.9
Berkshire 28.3 71.3
Bexley and Greenwich 38.5 61.5
Birmingham 30.2 68.8
Bradford 26.3 73.0
Brent and Harrow 29.0 70.5
Bromley 30.6 68.4
Buckinghamshire 21.8 77.7
Bury and Rochdale 35.8 63.3
Calderdale and Kirlees 34.5 64.3
Cambridge and Huntingdon 25.5 74.5
Camden and Islington 25.7 73.7
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 30.8 69.2
County Durham 39.6 60.4
Coventry 26.0 74.0
Croydon 30.8 69.2
Doncaster 43.5 56.5
Dorset 22.6 76.9
Dudley 23.9 76.1
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 27.4 71.9
East Kent 31.3 67.3
East Lancashire 32.9 66.4
East London and The City 34.8 64.6
East Norfolk 26.2 73.8
East Riding 36.8 63.2
East Surrey 27.3 72.0
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 31.1 68.9
East and North Hertfordshire 37.6 62.4
Enfield and Haringey 35.4 64.1
Gateshead and South Tyneside 36.8 63.2
Gloucestershire 26.7 73.3
Herefordshire 35.1 63.2
Hillingdon 25.0 75.0
Isle of Wight 40.0 60.0
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 29.6 69.0
Kingston and Richmond 24.8 75.2
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 29.6 70.0
Leeds 39.1 60.9
Leicestershire 31.3 67.8
Lincolnshire 35.8 64.2
Liverpool 34.8 64.4

General Dental Service: dental contract holders with an increase and decrease in list size between March 1997 and 1998: by health authority—England
Health authority Percentage with an increase Percentage with a decrease
Manchester 28.5 70.9
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 27.3 72.3
Morecambe Bay 38.3 60.5
Newcastle and North Tyneside 34.3 65.0
North Cheshire 35.4 63.3
North Cumbria 44.8 55.2
North Derbyshire 34.7 65.3
North Essex 34.1 65.0
North Nottinghamshire 45.5 54.5
North Staffordshire 32.6 65.2
North West Anglia 27.8 72.2
North West Lancashire 35.5 64.5
North Yorkshire 40.3 59.2
North and East Devon 22.0 78.0
North and Mid Hampshire 31.2 68.8
Northamptonshire 35.4 64.6
Northumberland 42.7 57.3
Nottingham 27.3 72.7
Oxfordshire 26.4 72.0
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 29.2 70.8
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 28.8 70.5
Rotherham 47.9 47.9
Salford and Trafford 29.4 70.6
Sandwell 28.4 69.1
Sefton 31.6 68.4
Sheffield 38.0 62.0
Shropshire 27.3 71.9
Solihull 42.4 55.9
Somerset 24.6 75.4
South Cheshire 31.6 67.1
South Derbyshire 25.9 72.8
South Essex 33.9 65.0
South Humber 30.9 67.6
South Lancashire 36.0 62.9
South Staffordshire 34.0 66.0
South and West Devon 27.3 72.7
Southampton and South West Hampshire 31.4 68.6
St. Helens and Knowsley 34.4 65.6
Stockport 26.0 74.0
Suffolk 27.0 73.0
Sunderland 20.9 79.1
Tees 38.8 61.2
Wakefield 48.9 51.1
Walsall 43.4 56.6
Warwickshire 30.5 69.5
West Hertfordshire 30.4 69.1
West Kent 35.0 64.6
West Pennine 30.8 68.4
West Surrey 34.6 65.4
West Sussex 26.8 73.2
Wigan and Bolton 32.4 67.1
Wiltshire 26.1 73.9
Wirral 31.0 68.0
Wolverhampton 22.0 78.0
Worcestershire 22.8 76.5

Notes:

1. Comparisons between March 1997 and March 1998 are affected by the reduction in the registration period to 15 months.

2. Comparisons are for dentists with contracts at 31 March 1997 and 31 March 1998 and excludes dentists with no registrations on both dates.

3. Dentists with contracts in several HAs are counted in each HA in which they have a contract but only once in the England total.

4. The percentage increases and decreases may not equal a 100 per cent. because some dentists will have an unchanged list size.

Dr. Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the total revenue raised from patient charges in the salaried dentist scheme in (i) 1995 to 1996, (ii) 1996 to 1997 and (iii) 1997 to 1998; [74002]

(2) what was the total spend on salaried dentists in England by health authority in (i) 1995 to 1996, (ii) 1996 to 1997 and (iii) 1997 to 1998; [74001]

(3) how many (i) adults and (ii) children are registered with salaried dentists in each health authority; and how many salaried dentists there were in each health authority in (a) March 1996, (b) March 1997 and (c) March 1998. [74003]

Mr. Denham

[holding answer 3 March 1999]: The information requested has been placed in the Library.