Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14787

Dental Services: Exemptions

Tabled: 1 July 2026

Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

Yasmin Qureshi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Low Income Scheme certificates (HC2 and HC3) were used to access free or reduced NHS dental treatment in England in each of the last five years; and the associated cost of these exempt

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Data on NHS Low Income Scheme certificates is published by the NHS Business Services Authority and is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202425