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Dental Services: Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to pensioners for dental treatment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
17 Jun 2025
Answer
19 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to pensioners for dental treatment.

  2. 17 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    There are a range of exemptions to National Health Service dental patient charges for those who need the most financial support. 48.6% of courses of dental treatment were delivered to adults and children who were exempt from charges in 2023/24. Eligibilit...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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