Question follow-through · 101779
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the Spending Review budget allocations for his Department to be finalised and an allocation made to future ringfenced spending on NHS dentistry.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Lord Mandelson · 5 Feb 2026
- Gender Dysphoria: Health Services · 24 Mar 2026
- ME/CFS: Health Services · 26 Mar 2026
- NHS: Palantir · 10 Apr 2026
- Palantir: Contracts · 13 May 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the Spending Review budget allocations for his Department to be finalised and an allocation made to future ringfenced spending on NHS dentistry.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2026
Answer published
NHS England has now published the Medium-Term Planning Framework and allocations for 2026/27 to 2027/28. The framework and allocations are available, respectively, at the following two links:https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/medium-term-planning-fram...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Lord Mandelson
5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he or (b) any members of his Department met or corresponded with Lord Mandelson on Palantir.
Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there has been any considerations to stop working with unregulated private clinics in prescribing gender-affirming care for adults.
ME/CFS: Health Services
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an impact assessment has been conducted of delaying consideration of a specialised commissioned service until April 2027 on patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (also known as Chronic Fa
NHS: Palantir
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has sought advice on triggering the break clause in Palantir’s contract with the NHS.
Palantir: Contracts
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the content of the advice he has been given on the contract and performance of Palantir and the Federated Data Platform, particularly in relation to triggering the break clause in March 202
Midwives
15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support the recruitment and training of midwives and (b) increase the availability of employment opportunities for newly qualified midwives.
HMP Wormwood Scrubs: Health Services
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision for prisoners with neuromuscular and other progressive conditions at HMP Wormwood Scrubs; and what steps he is taking to ensure t
Palantir
9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department was informed that staff of Palantir Technologies UK Limited and external consultants had been granted administrative roles providing unrestricted access to identifiable patie