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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many school pupils by health authority were both inspected and reinspected by the school dental service in each year since 1990. [18732] Mr. Malone: The available data for the number of contracts made by patients aged between five and 15, inclusive, with a member of the community dental service, by region, in the years ending March 1991 to March 1995, are shown in the table. Number of children{1} aged 5 to 15 screened by the Community Dental Services by Regional Health Authority year ending 31 March England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number screened Regional Health Authority 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 England 2,664,444 3,033,094 2,953,258 2,908,020 Northern 204,883 233,184 207,820 195,474 Yorkshire 216,436 245,724 245,449 232,797 Trent 323,329 308,122 324,244 306,121 East Anglian 103,841 130,949 128,122 95,500 North-west Thames 155,531 161,789 177,807 169,365 North-east Thames 176,381 213,956 208,032 205,935 South-east Thames 225,879 228,527 192,584 206,526 South-west Thames 77,823 133,632 138,645 138,771 Wessex 153,802 159,101 155,165 154,369 Oxford 111,294 169,564 159,206 162,518 South Western 179,918 178,358 171,669 146,690 West Midlands 336,035 389,408 366,920 420,783 Mersey 141,133 179,184 186,575 192,129 North Western 258,159 301,596 291,020 281,042 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of children{1} aged 5 to 15 screened by the Community Dental Services by DH Regional Office{2} at year ending 31 March 1995 England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Region Number screened England 2,891,211 Northern and Yorkshire 445,653 Trent 318,423 Anglia and Oxford 290,028 North Thames 363,792 South Thames 326,219 South and West 295,672 West Midlands 401,756 North Western 449,668 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The figures count each separate occasion a patient was in contact with a member of the community dental service. The number of individuals seen will be smaller. {2} The 14 regional health authorities were restructured to form eight regional offices on 1 April 1994.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

18732; 292 c98-9W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Dental services Health services Health authorities Pupils Schools

Contains statistics

Yes