Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

“If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring newly-qualified dentists to work for the NHS for a set period of time. ”

Tabled: 17 July 2024Answered: 23 July 2024

Asked by

George Freeman

Conservative — Mid Norfolk

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Jake Richards)

The Government are committed to transparency on this issue. We publish data on releases in error each July in the HM Prison and Probation Service annual digest. On 15 April we also published ad hoc data for April 2025 to March 2026, alongside Dame Lynne Owens’ independent review and the Government’s response, accepting, in principle, all the recommendations.