HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 c180W
Dr. Murrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 24 February 2004,Official Report, column 134, on dentists, what information the hon. Member for Doncaster, Central used to obtain the dentist training numbers for this year and for 1997. [159700]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The estimates were based on information from dental schools in England of the number of students accepted for the 1997–98 and 2003–04 academic years.