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Dental Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the (a) number of children between 5 and 10 admitted to hospital for dental procedures in each of the last five years and (b) average cost of such instances from a

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
14 Jul 2026
Answer
18 Aug 2026 · 41 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the (a) number of children between 5 and 10 admitted to hospital for dental procedures in each of the last five years and (b) average cost of such instances from a

  2. 14 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Aug 2026

    Answer published

    The following table shows the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) for children aged five to 10 years old where the main purpose was for a dental procedure, in each year from 2020/21 to 2024/25:YearNumber of children admissions2020/2112,7022021/22...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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