Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 18 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 26 October 2004. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 October 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were registered with an NHS dentist in Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust in each year since 1997. - Including table.

Answer: Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were registered with an NHS dentist in Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust in each year since 1997. [192938] Dr. Ladyman: The number of registrations in the general dental service for the Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust (PCT) area at September 1997 to 2004, is shown in the table. General dental service: number of adult and child registrations in the Sutton and Merton PCT area at September each year, 1997 to 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. September each year Adult and child registrations (thousand) 1997 173.6 1998 147.8 1999 151.8 2000 148.5 2001 155.4 2002 146.2 2003 159.1 2004 156.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The high registration figure for 1997 reflects the 24-month registration period. For 1998 onwards, the figures reflect a 15- month registration period. 2. Registration numbers are live registrations on the Dental Practice Board's computer at the end of the month. 3. Sutton and Merton PCT was established in 2002. Registrations are based on contract postcodes within the Sutton and Merton PCT area. Source: Dental Practice Board.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 425 c1193W; 192938
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Dental services NHS Patients Sutton Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust
Contains statistics: Yes
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