Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 3 June 2026Answered: 9 June 2026

Asked by

Alison Griffiths

ConservativeBognor Regis and Littlehampton

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

Stephen Kinnock

As I have said to hon. Members across the House today, there is a fundamental challenge around the dental contract. Units of dental activity do not work as a way of incentivising dentists to do NHS dentistry, so that, fundamentally, has to be fixed. I am proud that, thanks to the measures that we have put in place, 2.5 million additional courses of treatment have been delivered, compared with the same period before the general election.