Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72898

Dental Health: Children

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Oliver Ryan

Labour (Co-op)Burnley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expand the Supervised Toothbrushing Scheme beyond early years settings to include older school-aged children; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
There are no plans to change the focus of the national supervised toothbrushing programme from three to five-year-old children living in the 20% most deprived areas of England. However, there is flexibility for local authorities to consider additional pro...

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