Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 59281

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Andrew George

Liberal DemocratSt Ives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) annual capacity of the Overseas Registration Examination system and (b) number of fully trained overseas dentists already in the UK who are on the waiting list

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Overseas Registration exam (ORE) is operated by the General Dental Council (GDC), which is independent of the Government. The Department does not hold data on exactly how many candidates are waiting to sit the GDC’s ORE, or their residency status.We u...

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