Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 69896
Dental Services: Expenditure
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Question
Chris Webb
Labour — Blackpool South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on primary care dentistry net of patient charge revenue in each year since 2010-11.
Answer
Stephen KinnockPrior to 2023/24, there was no specific dental budget allocation and dentistry formed part of a wider budget including community pharmacy and optometry. NHS England accounts show the total spend on General Dental Service (GDS) and Personal Dental Service ...
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