Request:

1. What is the total number of dentists in your area who have a

contract with the PCT to provide NHS services? How many practices

is this? 166 dentists, 53 contracts (2009/10)

2. Please can I have details of the gross income (for the last financial year

07/08) of each of the practices within your PCT that provide NHS services?

This information is exempt under S.43 of the FOI Act (Commercial Interests). Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of any person (including the public authority holding it).

Disclosure of such information would prejudice the commercial interests of the dentists concerned. There is a very strong public interest in how much dentists are paid for NHS services but there is also a shortage of such dentists and the over-riding public interest is in keeping those we have rather than driving them into the private sector.

3. Please also provide the amount claimed in expenses for each practice according to their self-assessment tax forms for the last financial year 07/08.

We do not hold this information.

4. Please provide details of how many dentists are employed per

practice.

See attached spreadsheet.

5. Can you also provide the same detail (including gross income and expenses) per practice for the year 04/05 - the year before the new NHS contract was introduced to improve access to dental services?

This information is exempt under S.43 of the FOI Act - disclosure of such information would prejudice the commercial interests of the dentists concerned.

6. If available, please can I also have the total number of "units" of dental activity and treatment carried out per practice in the last financial year 07/08.

See attached spreadsheet.