Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 1485

Dental Health: Pupils

Tabled: 24 July 2024

Answered: 29 July 2024

Named Day

Question

Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to question 52 on Dental Health: Pupils, when the UK National Screening Committee will next review recommendations on school dental screening.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) was due to review screening for dental disease in children under nine years old in 2022/23. However, a number of reviews, including this one, were delayed due to staff depletion and delays to recruitment, follo...

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