Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money clawed back by NHS England from primary care NHS dental practices in England which had not met their contractual targets was re-invested in dental services in each year since 2010-11.
The following table shows the monies clawed back by NHS England as of March 2022 from primary care National Health Service dental practices in England which had not met their contractual targets in each year since 2012/13. Data is not available before 2012/13.
Financial year | Monies recovered relating to the under-delivery in the previous financial year £ |
2012/13 | 48,642,341 |
2013/14 | 45,051,981 |
2014/15 | 45,083,210 |
2015/16 | 80,330,442 |
2016/17 | 88,942,232 |
2017/18 | 140,333,227 |
2018/19 | 137,237,645 |
2019/20 | 168,639,696 |
2020/21 | 8,333,654 |
In cases where a provider has underperformed, clawback of payment from providers is carried out in the subsequent financial year. No estimate has yet been made for overall clawback relating to underperformance in 2021/22. The Government’s accounting rules do not allow carry forward of any unspent monies, so clawback cannot be re-invested in year. However, the NHS commits £3 billion for dentistry services each year.