| Heading: |
Dental Services: Rural Areas |
| Question ID: |
1792270 |
| UIN: |
44096 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5208 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Perran Moon
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| Asking Member handle: |
perran4crh
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@perran4crh
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of improving (a) the funding of and (b) support for NHS dentistry services in rural areas. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
The National Health Service in England invests £3 billion in dentistry every year. NHS planning guidance is now published for 2025/26 and confirms that dental budgets are ringfenced. Planning guidance also confirms that improving access to urgent dental a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |