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Dental Health: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding is available to local authorities to improve oral hygiene education in primary schools.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 14 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 16 Apr 2026
Answer: 20 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding is available to local authorities to improve oral hygiene education in primary schools.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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20 Apr 2026
Answer published
Local authorities in England are responsible for assessing oral health needs and for improving the oral health of their local population. Public health services commissioned by local authorities in England are funded through a ring-fenced Public Health Gr...

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