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Mr. Robin Cook
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average charge for dental treatment, in cash and constant prices, in each year since 1979.
Mr. Dorrell
The table shows (in column 2) the average cash charges for dental treatment provided under general dental services in England in each financial year since 1979. The constant prices (in column 3) convert the cash prices to their 1989–90 equivalent.
| Average dental charge paid by NHS patients paying the full proportion of the charge | ||
| (1) Financial year | (2) Cash price £ | (3) Constant price £ |
| 1979–80 | 6·83 | 13·69 |
| 1980–81 | 8·88 | 15·50 |
| 1981–82 | 10·33 | 15·96 |
| 1982–83 | 12·54 | 18·09 |
| 1983–84 | 13·62 | 18·78 |
| 1984–85 | 14·72 | 19·32 |
| 1985–86 | 16·67 | 20·75 |
| 1986–87 | 17·56 | 21·14 |
| 1987–88 | 18·43 | 20·04 |
| 1988–89 | 19·84 | 21·10 |
| 1989–90 | 25·02 | 25·02 |
Mr. Robin Cook
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the proportion of dental treatment costs met by charges to patients in each year since 1979.
Mr. Dorrell
The proportion of the cost of dental treatment, provided under general dental services in England in each year since 1979, met by charges to patients was as follows:
| Calendar year | Total cost | Amount paid by Patients | patient charge as a percentage of total cost |
| 1979 | 303,684,708 | 63,393,432 | 20·87 |
| 1980 | 389,766,235 | 89,567,462 | 22·98 |
| 1981 | 454,565,184 | 110,809,324 | 24·38 |
| 1982 | 510,473,259 | 135,713,892 | 26·59 |
| 1983 | 553,051,518 | 154,084,986 | 27·86 |
| 1984 | 604,598,780 | 167,650,236 | 27·73 |
| 1985 | 634,860,271 | 189,747,707 | 29·89 |
| 1986 | 698,446,424 | 216,927,756 | 31·06 |
| 1987 | 772,798,504 | 233,924,375 | 30·27 |
| 1988 | 881,697,114 | 270,184,733 | 30·64 |
| 1989 | 930,070,732 | 361,931,301 | 38·91 |
| 1990 | 984,607,527 | 382,676,509 | 38·87 |