Question follow-through · 25107
Dental Services: Pupils
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce dental provision for students in 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 of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce dental provision for students in schools.
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
We are committed to implementing a national targeted supervised toothbrushing programme to three, four, and five year olds living in our most deprived areas.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Infant Foods
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Infant Foods
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Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Children
13 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of in-community support for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Fractures: Health Services
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