HC Deb 14 February 2000 vol 344 cc392-3W
Mr. Jon Owen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the number of dental school places in England and Wales for each of the last five years and the projected number for the next five years. [108800]

Mr. Wicks

There have been 660 dental school places in England and Wales since 1994–95. There are no plans to change this number. Information is listed in the following table.

Dental school places in England and Wales
Number
Actual
1994–95 660
1995–96 660
1996–97 660
1997–98 660
1998–99 660
Projected
1999–2000 660
2000–01 660
2001–02 660
2002–03 660
2003–04 660