Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the dental recruitment incentive scheme.”
Tabled: 3 June 2026Answered: 9 June 2026
Asked by
Lisa Smart
Liberal Democrat — Hazel Grove
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
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.