To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those bids under the Investing in Dentistry initiative which were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement. [33260]
Since the Investing in Dentistry initiative was announced in September last year, 81 funding requests had been approved and 84 refused. The table gives details of successful and unsuccessful requests made by health authorities, which are shown in alphabetical order. All the unsuccessful requests have been given feedback and health authorities have been invited to re-submit them if they can provide further information to satisfy the criteria of this initiative.
| Health authority | Number of successful bids | Number of unsuccessful bids |
| Avon | 2 | 2 |
| Bedfordshire | 2 | — |
| Bury and Rochdale | — | 1 |
| Cambridge and Huntingdon | — | 1 |
| Cornwall | 1 | 1 |
| County Durham | 3 | 4 |
| Doncaster | — | 1 |
| Dudley | — | 1 |
| East Lancashire | — | 9 |
| Enfield and Haringey | — | 8 |
| Gloucestershire | 7 | 6 |
| Isle of Wight | 2 | — |
| Newcastle and North Tyneside | 1 | — |
| Norfolk | 3 | 1 |
| North East Devon | 4 | — |
| North Cheshire | 1 | — |
| North Cumbria | 1 | — |
| North Derbyshire | 1 | — |
| Health authority | Number of successful bids | Number of unsuccessful bids |
| North Essex | 2 | — |
| North Staffordshire | 6 | 2 |
| North West Lancashire | 4 | 1 |
| North Yorkshire | 1 | 4 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 | — |
| Oxfordshire | 2 | — |
| Portsmouth and South East Hampshire | 5 | 9 |
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | — | 1 |
| Rotherham | 1 | 2 |
| Sandwell | — | 8 |
| Shropshire | 6 | 1 |
| Somerset | 4 | 9 |
| South Cheshire | 2 | 1 |
| South Essex | 1 | — |
| South Lancashire | 1 | 1 |
| South Staffordshire | 2 | 5 |
| South and West Devon | 3 | — |
| Southern Derbyshire | 1 | — |
| Southampton and South West | 1 | — |
| St. Helens and Knowsley | 1 | 1 |
| Walsall | — | 1 |
| West Surrey | 4 | 2 |
| Wiltshire | 5 | 1 |
Note:
As at 16 March 1998.