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Question follow-through · 60037

University of Portsmouth Dental Academy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of awarding Dental Schools status to the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
18 Jun 2025
Answer
25 Jun 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of awarding Dental Schools status to the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy.

  2. 18 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    All United Kingdom dental education providers must have Dental Authority Status (DAS) before they can award degrees in dentistry. DAS is a legal status described in the Dentists Act 1984 and awarded to organisations by the Privy Council.The Portsmouth Den...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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