Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 69896

Dental Services: Expenditure

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Chris Webb

LabourBlackpool 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 Kinnock
Prior 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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