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Mr. Robin Cook
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of courses of treatment for adults by the general dental services in each year since 1978–79.
Mr. Dorrell
The information requested is shown in the table.
| Number of adult courses of treatment in the general dental services 1978 to 1991–921 | |
| England | |
| Year | Adult courses of treatment |
| 1978 | 17,021,610 |
| 1979 | 17,351,250 |
| 1980 | 18,599,830 |
| 1981 | 18,975,130 |
| Year | Adult courses of treatment |
| 1982 | 19,724,540 |
| 1983 | 20,316,210 |
| 1984 | 20,864,560 |
| 1985–86 | 21,338,100 |
| 1986–87 | 21,961,680 |
| 1987–88 | 22,394,600 |
| 1988–89 | 24,026,520 |
| 1989–90 | 22,809,160 |
| 1990–91 | 22,539,686 |
| 1991–922 | 23,400,000 |
| 1 Prior to 1985–86 information was held by calendar year. | |
| 2 Forecast for the year based on data up to the end of January 1992. | |