Oral Question·Home Office
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 21 November 2023Answered: 27 November 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Care (Stephen Kinnock)
This Government are rebuilding England’s broken NHS dentistry system. The dental recruitment incentive scheme encourages dentists to work in underserved areas. Data on the scheme’s effectiveness will be published later this year. We are taking steps to increase the supply of dentists. For example, last week I was very proud to announce the first sustained expansion of dental school places since 2007, backed by £11 million a year. A total of 50 dental school places a year have been allocated.