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Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the provision of dental services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
10 Oct 2024
Answer
24 Oct 2024 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the provision of dental services.

  2. 10 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    We are currently reviewing the previous Government’s Dental Recovery Plan and what elements of that can be taken forward effectively and within National Health Service budgets. It is also clear that plan did not go far enough and so we are also working on...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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