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Dental Services: Hampshire
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will initiate research on the number of Hampshire residents who have to travel (a) up to five miles, (b) between five and 10 miles and (c) over 10 miles in order to gain access to an NHS dentist; and if he will make a statement. [174645]
Ann Keen: It would not be appropriate for the Department to centrally commission research into travelling times in any particular local area. It is for Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to commission local dental services to meet local needs. PCTs are expected to develop robust commissioning plans. These will include consideration of access to local dental services at the time and place people want.
Dentistry: Manpower
Mr. Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the numbers of orthodontists available to the acute health sector in England; and if he will make a statement. [175160]
Ann Keen: As of 30 September 2006 there was a total of 544 orthodontists in England, who worked in hospital and community services. Of these, 189 were consultants.
The figures quoted are headcounts.
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have been recruited to (a) part-time and (b) full-time NHS work in each primary care trust area in Hampshire in each of the last five years; and what his forecast is of such numbers for the next three years. [174188]
Ann Keen:
Information on dentists recruited to the national health service is not available at a part-time basis. Information on dentists who joined the NHS, by primary care trust (PCT) within Hampshire and Isle of
Wight strategic health authority (SHA) area, as at year ending 31 March 2002 to 2006 can be found in the following table.
| General Dental Services (GDS) and Personal Dental Services (PDS): Number of NHS dentists who joined the GDS or PDS, in Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA by PCT as at year ending 31 March 2002 to 2006 | |||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| Notes: 1. A joiner indicates that the dentist had an open GDS or PDS contract as at 31 March of the specified year but didn't at the same date of the previous year. 2. A dentist may have joined a GDS or PDS contract within more than one PCT or SHA area, in which case they would appear in figures for each individual PCT or SHA area. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care. NHS Business Services Authority. | |||||
This information is based on the old contractual arrangements. To provide information based on the new contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006, could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
The Government have provided for the expansion of the dental workforce by increasing the number of undergraduate training places at dental schools in England from 670 to 840, a 25 per cent. increase. The new dental schools currently under development in the South West Peninsula and in central Lancashire, which are part of this expansion programme, are a clear sign of the Government's commitment to putting the growth of the dental workforce on a secure footing.
An additional 40 dentists (graduate entrants on a shorter course) will graduate in 2009 with build up to the full 170 in 2010.
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists (a) partially and (b) entirely gave up NHS work in each primary care trust area in Hampshire in each of the last five years; and what his forecast is for the numbers expected to do so in each of the next three years. [174189]
Ann Keen: Information on dentists partially giving up national health service work is not available. Information on dentists who left the NHS, by primary care trust (PCT) within Hampshire and Isle of Wight strategic health authority (SHA) area, as at year ending 31 March 2002 to 2006 can be found in the following table.
This information is based on the old contractual arrangements. Information based on the new contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| General Dental Services (GDS) and Personal Dental Services (PDS): Number of NHS dentists who left the GDS or PDS, in Hampshire and Isle of Wight strategic health authority by PCT as at year ending 31 March 2002 to 2006 | |||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| Notes: 1. Leaver indicates that the dentist didn't have an open GDS or PDS contract as at 31 March of the specified year but did at the same date of the previous year. 2. A dentist may have left a GDS or PDS contract within more than one PCT or SHA area, in which case they would appear in figures for each individual PCT or SHA area. Sources: The Information Centre for health and social care. NHS Business Services Authority. | |||||
The Government have provided for the expansion of the dental workforce by increasing the number of undergraduate training places at dental schools in England from 670 to 840, a 25 per cent. increase. The new dental schools currently under development in the South West Peninsula and in central Lancashire, which are part of this expansion programme, are a clear sign of the Government's commitment to putting the growth of the dental workforce on a secure footing.
An additional 40 additional dentists (graduate entrants on a shorter course) will graduate in 2009 with build-up to the full 170 in 2010.
Departmental Aviation
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result; [172238]
(2) how many air miles were travelled by (a) him and (b) Ministers in his Department on short haul flights over the last year; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights. [172452]
Mr. Bradshaw: Since 1999 the Government have published a list of all overseas travel by Cabinet Ministers costing over £500. Information for the last financial year was published on 25 July 2007, and is available on the Cabinet Office website at:
Details for the current financial year will be published as soon as possible after the end of the financial year. From next year, the list will include details of overseas visits undertaken by all Ministers. All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the ‘Ministerial Code’.
All central Government ministerial and official air travel has been offset from 1 April 2006. Departmental aviation emissions are calculated on an annual basis and subsequently offset through payments to a central fund. The fund purchases certified emissions reductions credits from energy efficiency and renewable energy projects with sustainable development benefits, located in developing countries.
In addition, offsetting the flights of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development, and the Prime Minister has been backdated to 1 April 2005.
A list of Government carbon offsetting fund members, their emission figures and what activities they have offset through the fund is available online at:
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by his Department on international flights in each year since 1997. [174358]
Mr. Bradshaw: Since 1999 the Government have published a list of all overseas travel by Cabinet Ministers costing over £500. Information for the last financial year was published on 25 July 2007, and is available on the Cabinet Office's website at:
Details for the current financial year will be published as soon as possible after the end of the financial year. From next year, the list will include details of overseas travel undertaken by all Ministers. All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code.
Information in respect of flights taken by officials could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Board
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2007, Official Report, column 711W on the Departmental Board, on what date the NHS Management Board met to discuss the health input to the Olympics, as referred to in paragraph 1.9 of the minutes of the meeting held in June 2007. [172445]
Mr. Bradshaw: The National Health Service Management Board discussed the health input to the Olympics on 25 September 2007.
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