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Dental Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a long term funding settlement for NHS dentistry.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
22 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a long term funding settlement for NHS dentistry.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    A budget of £3.8 billion for primary, community, and secondary dentistry has been allocated to the integrated care boards across England for 2024/25, to deliver new initiatives and address the challenges facing National Health Service dentistry. Allocatio...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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