Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108254

Dental Services: Rural Areas

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 2 February 2026

Question

Simon Hoare

ConservativeNorth Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to help increase access to NHS dentistry in rural areas in (a) the next 12 months and (b) during this Parliament.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Dental Statistics - England 2024/25, published by NHS Business Services Authority on 28 August 2025, is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202425The data for the Dorse...

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