§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of those aged 18 years and over were registered with a general dental service dentist in(a) each health authority and (b) in total in England for the last two years for which figures are available. [13618]
§ Ms BlearsThe percentage of the population aged 18 years and over registered with a general dental service dentist is given in the table for September 2000 and September 2001 by health authority in England. Registrations last for 15 months from the month in which a patient attends. They are renewed when a patient returns to the dentist. Patients attending occasionally are included only for 15 months after attendance.
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Number of adult registrations as a percentage of adult population1 at 30 September 2000 and 30 September 2001—England Percentage 30 September Health Authority within region 2001 2000 England 43.7 43.7 Northern and Yorkshire 49.4 49.3 Bradford 48.3 48.9 Calderdale and Kirklees 52.8 52.8 County Durham and Darlington 47.9 48.0 East Riding and Hull 42.4 41.9 Gateshead and South Tyneside 52.4 51.1 Leeds 47.2 47.8 Newcastle and North Tyneside 48.9 50.2 North Cumbria 47.2 46.0 North Yorkshire 49.5 49.3 Northumberland 49.5 48.8 Sunderland 48.5 47.3 Tees 57.7 57.0 Wakefield 50.8 51.5 Trent 49.3 48.8 Barnsley 50.7 50.6 Doncaster 55.9 55.0 Leicestershire 46.0 43.8 Lincolnshire 50.4 49.5 North Derbyshire 41.0 40.2 North Nottinghamshire 55.8 54.8 Nottingham 52.3 53.1 Rotherham 47.9 47.1 Sheffield 52.9 53.6 Southern Derbyshire 44.8 45.4 South Humber 49.6 48.9 West Midlands 42.8 42.8 Birmingham 46.3 46.7 Coventry 45.6 44.5 Dudley 46.1 46.1 Herefordshire 47.7 49.3 North Staffordshire 39.1 38.0 Sandwell 51.5 51.2 Shropshire 34.2 35.6 Solihull 34.1 35.0 South Staffordshire 40.3 40.9 Walsall 42.1 42.7 Warwickshire 39.1 37.2 Wolverhampton 47.8 48.0 Worcestershire 45.1 45.0
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Number of adult registrations as a percentage of adult population1 at 30 September 2000 and 30 September 2001—England Percentage 30 September Health Authority within region 2001 2000 North West 48.5 49.0 Bury and Rochdale 45.8 45.5 East Lancashire 41.2 46.3 Liverpool 47.1 47.6 Manchester 51.0 51.8 Morecambe Bay 48.4 47.4 North Cheshire 48.0 48.2 North West Lancashire 49.1 50.3 Salford and Trafford 47.4 49.3 Sefton 53.2 53.5 South Cheshire 47.9 46.5 South Lancashire 42.4 40.3 St Helens and Knowsley 47.2 46.8 Stockport 55.7 57.1 West Pennine 48.2 48.7 Wigan and Bolton 51.2 51.5 Wirral 56.4 55.7 Eastern 45.1 45.0 Bedfordshire 37.9 38.4 Cambridgeshire 40.7 39.6 Hertfordshire 46.2 46.4 Norfolk 48.1 46.7 North Essex 46.3 46.9 South Essex 41.1 41.5 Suffolk 52.8 53.0 London 38.0 38.2 Barking and Havering 38.8 38.8 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 35.6 35.0 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 32.8 32.6 Brent and Harrow 44.0 44.1 Camden and Islington 45.6 46.6 Croydon 38.2 39.1 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 40.0 38.8 East London and The City 50.0 50.5 Hillingdon 31.8 33.1 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 28.7 30.5 Kingston and Richmond 26.7 28.0 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 39.9 40.0 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 38.7 38.9 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 42.9 43.1 South East 38.1 38.3 Berkshire 29.1 31.9 Buckinghamshire 29.7 30.3 East Kent 38.9 38.2 East Surrey 35.0 35.6 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 44.1 44.4 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and SE Hampshire 39.4 40.0 North and Mid Hampshire 40.9 40.5 Northamptonshire 51.1 51.2 Oxfordshire 31.4 30.0 Southampton and South West Hampshire 44.5 45.2 West Kent 36.6 35.3 West Surrey 35.6 36.2 West Sussex 41.5 40.8 South and West 42.5 42.6 Avon 45.0 44.7 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 38.2 37.0 Dorset 48.5 49.5 Gloucestershire 28.2 29.9 North and East Devon 49.1 48.8 Somerset 46.7 48.6 South and West Devon 44.1 42.6 Wiltshire 37.6 37.6 1 Population figures used are Office for National Statistics 2000 mid-year population estimates.
§ Fiona MactaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to increase the number of (i) dental practices and (ii) dentists in(a) Berkshire and (b) Slough; [14319]
(2) how many NHS dentists there were in the Berkshire constituencies in (a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2001. [14318]
§ Ms BlearsThe number of general dental service dentists in Berkshire health authority is shown in the table at 30 September for the years(a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (b) 2001. The figures cover dentists whose main work is in the Berkshire health authority area. Data by constituency are not available centrally.
September Number of GDS dentists 1992 251 1997 280 2001 313 The number of general dental service dentists in the Berkshire health authority area has increased by 33 in the four years between September 1997 and September 2001. There were 125 general dental service practices in Berkshire on 30 September 2001 of which 45 were in Slough.
Berkshire health authority has developed an action plan for improving access to national health service dentistry in the county. The plan included proposals to encourage local dental practitioners to apply for additional dental care development funding. The health authority is also working with practitioners wishing to develop new or additional surgeries.
A personal dental service pilot is due to open in Slough shortly.
§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of people are registered for NHS dental care(a) in England and (b) in the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland East, constituency. [16207]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 19 November 2001]: 60 per cent. of the population in Tees Health Authority were registered with a general dental service dentist at the end of September 2001. The proportion in England was 47 per cent. Information is not available at constituency level.