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Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices have closed in each year since 1990 as a result of (a) retirement of the dentist and (b) the inability of the dentist to sell the practice as a going concern. [82331]
Mr. Denham
Dentists are independent contractors, and we do not therefore have information on the reasons for the closure of practices.