Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what powers integrated care boards will have to determine the number of NHS dentists recruited from (a) overseas and (b) dental schools in this country.

There are no current plans to provide independent care boards with additional powers to determine the number of National Health Service dentists recruited from overseas or domestically. The General Dental Council holds records on the countries in which dentists are trained, however this does not differentiate between those delivering NHS dental activity and those which are wholly private.

The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for collecting data on NHS dental activity, and therefore the dentists who deliver this activity.