Question reference: S3W-02261
- Date lodged: 19 July 2007
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Current status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 August 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS registered dentists there have been in each year since 1990, broken down by (a) Scottish parliamentary constituency, (b) Scottish parliamentary region, (c) local authority area and (d) NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in the tables 1 to 4: Number of NHS dentists registered to providegeneral dental services, by Scottish parliamentary constituency, in the yearsending 31 March 2000 to 2007; Number of NHS dentists registered to providegeneral dental services; by Scottish parliamentary region, in the years ending31 March 2000 to 2007; Number of NHS dentists registered to provide generaldental services, by local authority area, in the years ending 31 March 1996 to2007; and Number of NHS dentists registered to provide general dental services,by NHS Board, in the years ending 31 March 1996 to 2007. Copies of thesetables have been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib numbers43309, 43310, 43311 and 43312).
Information for Scottish Parliamentary constituencies and for Scottish parliamentary regions is onlyavailable from 1 April 1999.
Information on the number ofdentists registered to provide general dental services by local authority andNHS board areas is only shown from the year ending 31 March 1996. Comparableinformation is not readily available for the years prior to 31 March 1996.