Question follow-through · 22158
Schools: Dental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on introducing tooth brushing lessons in primary schools.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on introducing tooth brushing lessons in primary schools.
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2025
Answer published
The department is working with the Department of Health and Social Care to help promote and deliver supervised toothbrushing programmes for 3 to 5-year-olds in the most deprived communities.The department recognises that prevention is better than cure. Fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has set a minimum quality threshold under the apprenticeship accountability framework for training providers to continue offering new starts on a standard in the apprenticeship programme