Written question asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 February 2006. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Monday, 27 February 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dentistry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of people in the Peterborough city council unitary authority area who are unable to register with an NHS dentist.

Answer: The number of people unable to register with a national health service dentist is not collected centrally.The number of people registered with an NHS dentist in the Peterborough Local Authority (LA) area as at 30 September 2005 was 93,318. We estimate this figure to be 59 per cent. of the total population of the Peterborough LA area which, using the latest available population figures, was estimated to be 159,084 in 2004."Notes:""1. Data includes General Dentist Service (GDS) and Personal Dental Service (PDS) registrations/PDS patients seen (counts patients seen in the past 15 months for some PDS schemes).""2. Most PDS schemes that have registrations have re-registration periods in excess of 15 months, so the figures for PDS schemes are generally higher than they would have been for the same attendance pattern under GDS.""3. 2004 population data are an estimate based on the 2001 resident census and is the latest available data.""4. 2005 percentages have been calculated using 2004 population data.""Source:""Dental Practice Board"

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 49287; 443 c426-7W;443 c426-7W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Dentistry
Friday, 10 March 2006
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Dental services NHS Registration Peterborough
Contains statistics: Yes
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