Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total expenditure was on NHS primary dental services in England per head of population in (a) nominal and (b) real terms (i) gross and (ii) net of patient charge revenue in each year since 2010-11.
Data is not available on the total expenditure of National Health Service (NHS) primary dental services in real terms or per head of population.
The total expenditure on NHS primary dental services in England in nominal terms, gross and net of patient charge revenue from 2010/11 can be seen in the following table:
Financial Year | Gross £’000 | Net £’000 |
Total funding (central funding plus income from patient charges) | Central funding | |
2010/11 | 2,692,979 | 2,075,965 |
2011/12 | 2,812,681 | 2,175,560 |
2012/13 | 2,843,691 | 2,190,685 |
2013/14 | 2,740,052 | 2,056,469 |
2014/15 | 2,746,308 | 2,030,294 |
2015/16 | 2,804,061 | 2,060,218 |
2016/17 | 2,767,908 | 1,991,096 |
2017/18 | 2,811,569 | 2,004,236 |
2018/19 | 2,788,494 | 1,932,110 |
2019/20 | 2,958,262 | 2,109,970 |
2020/21 | 3,031,109 | 2,753,444 |
Source: Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts.