Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117935

Dentistry: Training

Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the maximum fundable limits for dental schools in England.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Government will provide £11 million per annum at steady state, to increase the number of new dental school places by 50 each year. This is the first sustained expansion of domestic dental training places since 2007 and will take effect from the 2027/2...

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