HC Deb 10 June 2003 vol 406 cc840-1W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the likely timescale before all the residents within the Portsmouth Primary Care Trust have access to an NHS dentist; [118108]

(2) pursuant to his answer of 22 May 2003, Official Report, column 966W, how many residents within the areas of (a) the Portsmouth Primary Care Trust, (b) the Fareham and Gosport Primary Care Trust and (c) the Southampton City Primary Care Trust have been unable to register with an NHS dentist. [118115]

Ms Blears

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 9 June 2003.