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Dental Service

Volume 35: debated on Monday 17 January 1983

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for the last 10 years the total cost of the national dental service and the income from charges.

The total cost of treatment provided through the general dental services in England and the income from charges are as follows:

£ million
Financial yearTotal costIncome from charges
1972–73111·824·1
1973–74123·627·4
1974–75153·030·5
1975–76200·831·9
1976–77221·239·3

Financial year

Total cost

Income from charges

1977–78229·951·2
1978–79279·155·4
1979–80336·469·6
1980–81419·192·4
1981–82481·1115·1

The additional costs of both the dental treatment provided by the hospital and community health services and of the administration costs of the genera] dental services are wholly excluded as they cannot be separately identified in full.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for the last 10 years the cost of providing free dental services to those exempted from charges.

The cost of NHS dental treatment provided in England to those patients exempt from charges was as follows:

England
YearGross cost of estimates for patients exempt from charges (£ million)*
197342·2
197450·4
197562·5
197667·4
197770·5
197886·6

Year

Gross cost of estimates for patients exempt from charges (£ million)

*

197997·4
1980119·6
1981‡123·9

* This information is not available prior to 1973.

† Excludes cases where charges were remitted on low income grounds.
‡ The categories of patient exempt from charges were changed in April 1981.