Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58538

Dental Services: Contracts

Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the minimum unit of dental activity value to £35; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on in

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
From 1 April 2024, the Department raised the minimum Unit of Dental Activity (UDA) rate to £28 to support practices with historically low UDA rates, benefitting 876 contracts. Integrated care boards (ICBs) have the flexibility to influence the UDA rate lo...

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